Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Indiana Pacers Post-Game | Feb. 25, 2022
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00:00 Questions never second out of the back to back and they came out swinging and you guys had to really
00:05 withstand a lot of punches when an overtime came out the way just what did that say about this
00:09 group that you guys were able to just fight your all of that tonight? Yeah um this is a lot about us
00:17 um we know going into every night um it's gonna be a battle um in a league with the best players
00:23 in the world um if we want to get a w we got to first and foremost compete um I think we brought
00:29 that tonight for sure um like you said through the ups and downs um we stayed with it just
00:33 stayed with the game plan um and we did it up a lot of w. And I wanted to ask you specifically
00:38 about that overtime it was strange that there wasn't really much of a stoppage until the final
00:41 20 seconds just how did it feel out there to be out on the floor and all that? Yeah it was tiring
00:46 pretty much going up and down um like I said to the last little bit um but it was fun pressure
00:52 moments when you make plays or you lose. Shay um Trey said that kind of as you were getting into
01:04 the fourth quarter that you explained to him hey they're gonna start doubling be ready to play four
01:10 on three can you maybe just share a little bit of like the strategy that you all talked about it
01:15 and what was going to be key at that stretch? Yeah um I just I obviously played a fair number
01:22 of games um late into the fourth quarter um and I knew the doubles were gonna start coming uh
01:28 so I I told everyone in the line of that was in the game late uh be ready to make a play
01:35 um I think that's how that's how we went tonight um guys were ready to make plays um off the ball
01:43 um and ultimately if you double somebody and leave somebody open um makes it easier for us
01:47 offensively um I just wanted my teammates to be ready. Not trying to um blow your strategy here
01:53 but do you do you have ways of pulling those doubles out a little bit further and trying to
01:59 extend the space on the floor for for where you're going to make those passes? Yeah um
02:04 I tried I try to get them as high as I can um giving them more room on the backside to play
02:12 but yeah that's that's that's just basketball and I like um trying to make it for my teammates.
02:16 Sure what what do you think that's like a key event tonight as like uh
02:22 Tengel, Boku, Wendy gave you some tips on this right? Yeah I missed two games in a row
02:28 they kind of kept us in it. They were good pretty much all night tonight um they're a big part of
02:34 the part of why we won even though we weren't in the game late um hats off to them for sure.
02:39 It's a weird that teams like Colton, I like Wendy who just joined you come in and knock down a couple
02:44 of big three-pointers. Yeah it's a blast um and he's a super competitive kid um works super hard
02:52 um we all know what he brings to the basketball game um shoot the lights out um at this conference
02:59 of supreme um and we need him in big games. What was your perspective from on that three to end
03:06 the third quarter it was like a perfect basketball fall movement execution play? Yeah um it was super
03:14 big they had made a little bit run a little bit of a run at that point uh got back to lead um
03:20 the guys made the right basketball play ultimately led to three points um that kind of excited our
03:26 run in the fourth um it was a big play for sure. Let's go to Cristos Saltas.
03:34 Got a question Cristos. Hey Shea great game big time win for you guys uh speaking about your game
03:41 what's your mindset especially in crunch time in fourth quarter in overtime do you have the mindset
03:46 that you nobody can guard you nobody in front of you can guard you or anything like that how
03:52 how you you vision that how you see that and what's your mindset overall? Yeah um I personally
03:59 feel that way every night I play um that no one man can guard me um and I try to put pressure on
04:05 the defense every position that I can try to make the right basketball play from there um
04:11 doesn't really change late in the game or what I'm playing that's just my confidence.
04:15 Here we got last question of Jerry Ramsey go ahead Jerry with your question.
04:19 Hey Shea uh coming off the injury back to back no signs of anything you've been super aggressive
04:26 the last couple of games uh basically are you just taking you know you're taking your body out for a
04:31 ride seeing how much you can get away with uh before anything starts to to act up or hurt?
04:35 Um I'm just playing the game I love um obviously being out sucks uh and it's tough to watch
04:44 I love playing the game um and I just wanted to make sure that when I was ready to play and cleared
04:49 to play um I was fully prepared uh physically um and I think our work's fair enough. All right
04:56 Thank you, Shay. Thanks, everybody. That's a wrap.