Miles Bridges Rockets Postgame 1/26
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00:00 >> And those kind of things take away from what you're supposed to do and
00:03 control what you can control.
00:05 >> Yeah, I feel like our offense did take our defense again.
00:10 I did a bad job in the third quarter.
00:12 I'm thinking some calls were foul and I'm getting back on defense,
00:15 turning the ball over.
00:16 I had like three, four turnovers in the third quarter.
00:19 So that really hurt us and then we just started playing bad basketball after that.
00:23 >> How do you guys make sure you stick together?
00:27 >> Going through these tough times right now, what's something you got going on
00:30 off the court, anything else?
00:33 >> Just gotta focus on ourselves, focus on getting better every day.
00:35 Blacking out the outside noise and just playing.
00:38 >> Is that tough?
00:41 At this point, do that?
00:43 >> Yeah, I mean, it's tough for some people.
00:44 I mean, it's not really tough for me.
00:46 I don't really listen to the noise or anything.
00:51 It might be tough for other people though, but we just gotta focus on ourselves.
00:55 That's control we can control.
00:57 >> Well, Miles, second half wasn't great, but in the second quarter,
01:00 you guys are up three to five, a couple of fast breaks maybe didn't go your way.
01:03 They happened to go out of bounds.
01:05 Can you talk about some of those possessions too,
01:06 and not able to extend a lead when we had a chance?
01:09 >> Yeah, we don't have any room for error.
01:11 So turning the ball over, not capitalizing off those type of plays.
01:16 We gotta do a better job at that.
01:17 But it was just a lot of stuff that went into us, it was a game to take.
01:23 >> Miles, how tough can it be for some of these young guys?
01:25 I mean, you're halfway through the season,
01:26 the season's not going your guys' way.
01:29 Just how mentally challenging can that be?
01:31 And is there anything that you could share advice wise for them?
01:34 >> Yeah, I mean, it's definitely tough, man.
01:36 We just, as a vet, I wanna give the young guys just some encouragement,
01:42 cuz I've been through it before.
01:45 So I for sure wanna give these guys some encouragement.
01:48 And we got a game tomorrow.
01:51 We got a game tomorrow, we gotta continue to get better.
01:54 And like I said, just focus on ourselves.
01:56 >> Kind of build on that, having a game tomorrow, how, I guess,
01:59 nice is that to get right back on the court and play?
02:02 >> That's the best thing about the NBA.
02:04 It's not college, you don't gotta wait another week after you get beat or
02:08 anything.
02:08 So that's the beauty in the NBA, you get to play tomorrow,
02:12 you get to right your wrongs.
02:14 Hopefully we get in this weekend all right, we're winning.
02:17 >> Coach said this wasn't really about effort.
02:20 He still thinks he has the right guys in the locker room,
02:22 he still has trust in his team.
02:23 What's your kind of perspective on this game?
02:25 >> Just mistakes, timely mistakes, not being on the help side.
02:30 We let Jalen get comfortable with it.
02:32 A lot of great games tonight, scoring the basketball.
02:35 We just let him get too comfortable.
02:36 And we gotta, especially on our home court, we definitely gotta be more physical.
02:40 We gotta protect home court, and that's not what we've been doing.
02:44 >> Miles, what's the biggest things that stand out to you in the games like
02:47 Minnesota, where things go really well, gets a really good team,
02:49 versus stuff that happens in Detroit or tonight?
02:51 What's the biggest differences in these type of games?
02:54 >> Our defense and ball movement.
02:55 We're playing Minnesota, we play great.
02:58 We're playing great the whole game, despite Cat, what he was doing to us.
03:02 We played good defense and we moved the ball.
03:06 We continue to move the ball.
03:08 I feel like there's not a lot of teams that can play with us.
03:10 So we just gotta just stay disciplined, move the ball, and play defensively.
03:14 >> Thanks.
03:16 >> There you go.
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