WATCH: Everything From Jalen Johnson After Hawks Overtime Win Over Philadelphia
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00:00 Hey Jalen, just for you and Amieka, just your chemistry of working in the front court together, kind of closing off the run down the stretch, just curious what did you guys see that helped you get into the right spot at the right time?
00:12 You talking about defensively?
00:13 Defensively, yeah.
00:14 Um, you know, I think, you talking about being O specifically?
00:17 Yes.
00:18 You know, since I got here, me and O have shared a lot of minutes on the court together, so just being able to understand each other and be able to play off each other, I think, you know, it's helped us and we just keep getting stronger and stronger, our connection keeps getting stronger and stronger, so I understand what he does defensively, he understands what I do defensively, so it makes it easy, you know, we talk about things, so yeah.
00:46 And a couple of those led to you guys getting out in transition, one of which was DJ finding you for that three, just what did you see when, you know, you caught that ball or when DJ was looking to you to get that three?
00:57 Yeah, when you got DeJounte Murray in an isolation situation, you got to send help, so my man went to go help and, you know, he found me for the three, so it's just him making the right basketball play and I decided to take that shot.
01:20 You guys are starting a stretch of home games here, what can a game like this against a quality team do for your confidence getting some ways at home?
01:28 It's huge, especially coming off a win against OKC to start off the new year, I think you need to understand how important it is to protect home court and I think everybody in the locker room understands that, so just got to take it one game at a time and play hard.
01:47 For you, a career night in assists, just what does that say about your growth as a playmaker and how much more confident do you feel as a passer and being able to find your teammates for some good looks?
01:57 Yeah, I feel confident, that's something that I've been, that's probably been one of my best things, just being able to playmake, I'm very comfortable with that and then especially having guys that knock down shots, that helps, so it wouldn't be seven assists if it wasn't for, you know, my guys making shots, so yeah.
02:16 Jalen, Coach mentioned how that Orlando loss kind of fueled you for tonight and how you wanted to kind of bounce back and get your game back, just what was your mindset going into the game, was that kind of still on your mind, like you wanted to play better than you did Sunday?
02:29 I think it got on our minds more, especially in overtime, because last game we went to overtime and we let it slip, so we knew what we needed to do coming out, especially in overtime, we knew we needed to start out strong, get off to a good start, get stops, I think we did that.
02:45 Thanks Jalen.