Jose Alvarado Postgame Interview - Lakers Game, 12/31
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00:00 Rhythm, that's the most important thing, just get the rhythm.
00:04 And try to fill it out every time, practice ain't the game,
00:08 skirmishes ain't the game.
00:10 So you gotta get game reps and that comes with a lot of trust and
00:14 that's what they got in me.
00:16 So a lot of trust, a lot of mistakes that they're gonna let me learn and
00:20 that's what happened.
00:21 And today was one of those days, you just gotta figure it out.
00:25 I'm figuring out little by little and yeah, that's what it is.
00:30 >> Yeah, I mean, it was I think a second straight game where Zion, CJ,
00:34 BIO had 20 plus, the assist numbers for those guys are really high.
00:38 Just I guess what you see overall offensively where there's just a lot of
00:41 balance for you guys.
00:43 >> Trust, I think that's the most important thing,
00:45 I think it's come down to trust.
00:47 Like I said, all those games we lost, it was close games.
00:50 I think we know that.
00:52 And some days it's gonna be one of those days that we look at each other and
00:55 we don't know what's going on.
00:56 But we just gotta trust the work that we put in behind closed doors.
01:00 And those guys right now, they ain't no surprise,
01:04 they just trust in each other and then they trust in us.
01:06 That's one thing I think is the beauty about this team.
01:10 Even though we know we were all players and they don't treat us like that though.
01:14 They treat us like teammates, like brothers, like human beings.
01:17 So and they see how much we put in work and those guys, like I said,
01:21 it's a lot of trust going around.
01:24 >> And through different stages of your career,
01:26 we've talked about kind of the surreal feelings you've had.
01:29 Just how surreal was to get two GTAs on LeBron in one game?
01:33 >> I mean, it's surprising because he watched films and
01:37 he's always alert to me when I am on the court.
01:42 So it's fun.
01:44 I mean, it would have been anybody who had the ball driven off the court, but
01:48 LeBron, I can say,
01:49 that's one of the greatest players to ever play this game.
01:54 For me to be on the court, for me to get steals, for me to do anything, so
01:57 that's pretty amazing.
01:58 And I get back to watch videos when I grow old and when they say that one of
02:03 the best, is the best player to play this game,
02:07 at least I got a video on him getting a steal.
02:09 >> I know Willie talked a lot about wanting to kind of respond in this game
02:13 because of the way it looked the last time y'all played them.
02:15 But just overall, since the in-season tournament,
02:18 what do you think about just the way the team has rebounded?
02:20 >> I mean, the message to my team, we needed to win this game.
02:24 But I wanna beat them or play them in the playoffs and then win that.
02:30 Cuz the in-season tournament meant something.
02:33 Not saying this game didn't mean nothing.
02:35 We gotta, I'll be honking then, but it meant something.
02:39 So we gotta go look at back, good.
02:42 When we win today and we glad we took care of business as we should.
02:46 But when something means something and we play them,
02:48 that's when the payback I think is gonna be better.
02:51 So we gotta look at it like that, but great win.
02:53 We're gonna end the New Year's with a win, and yeah.
02:57 >> And Jose, you talked to us that first interview after you guys got back from
03:01 Vegas, after at this point lost.
03:03 You took a lot of responsibility for not the team kind of being prepared, right?
03:06 Getting them up, getting your teammates up for it.
03:09 So how would you grade your job of doing that tonight?
03:12 >> Trying to do the little things.
03:13 I get every steal.
03:16 I think one of my, I don't know who was it, but they said, I never met.
03:20 Something about, it's so crazy that a person with zero points
03:24 could impact the game how you just did.
03:27 And that felt good.
03:29 It felt like getting back to the old me.
03:32 That's how I impact this game.
03:35 It's not about scoring, with me at least.
03:36 And it felt good to hear that.
03:40 So I brought the energy.
03:42 >> Speaking of impact without really getting into points category,
03:45 it's nice when you do.
03:46 But Larry, what's it mean, meant for you guys,
03:49 your team, having him back these last two games?
03:51 >> I mean, that's disapproval.
03:53 That's just a point right there that when a player that don't wanna score impacts
03:58 in every category.
04:00 We know that though.
04:01 We always talk to each other and we always say that we're not here to score.
04:06 It's a plus that we could score though.
04:08 Don't get that twisted.
04:09 They gonna leave me open, like I said before.
04:11 I'm gonna make shots.
04:12 They gonna leave Larry open, he gonna make shots.
04:14 So it's just about the little things to get these guys growing.
04:19 They important to this team.
04:21 Without them three or them four, five, if they're not going,
04:25 it's gonna be tough for us.
04:26 It's gonna have a long season.
04:27 So we need to get them going.
04:29 So that's important for us.
04:30 >> [INAUDIBLE]
04:32 >> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:34 Obviously, I think the whole building knows we got a white.
04:37 That means front to post.
04:39 I said, hell no, I got this one.
04:41 And I think it went the right way cuz if it went somewhere else way,
04:44 I would have been in trouble.
04:45 But it went the right way.
04:47 I believe in myself down there.
04:48 >> Appreciate it.
04:50 >> Appreciate it.
04:51 Take care.
04:51 >> Have a good happy new year.
04:52 >> Yeah, you too.
04:53 Happy new year, everybody.
04:54 Happy new year.