Josh Giddey | Phoenix Suns Post-Game | Dec. 23, 2021
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00:00Hey, here is Josh questions in the room and then for the zoom. Go ahead. Those people in the room.
00:07Josh, just on a second out of a back to back for being in six nights,
00:11what did it take you guys to keep responding after Phoenix?
00:15Yeah, obviously, this is a tough place to play. So you've got to get your game coming into
00:20this building. And I thought we started slow, but I'm
00:23going to be back and forth a little bit. I think for the most part, we executed that scale well,
00:33but you know, on a second out of the back to back, you have to be ready to plan on it.
00:38You guys, you mentioned that slow start, what did it take to kind of turn things around?
00:41You're really, really strong. Yeah, I think, you know, when we go to the paint,
00:46good things happen. I think the halftime we're leading 28 to 10 in the paint.
00:49You know, Shane was getting downhill, you know, create stuff in for other guys. So
00:53we look good. We started getting these buckets. The offensive were really good that second quarter,
00:58making them make tough shots, shoot tough shots. But yeah, coverage as well. So that
01:03second quarter was big for us getting back in the game.
01:06Josh, I know you guys didn't get the win and there's no more victories,
01:09but you guys grinded throughout. You had that one stretch from, you know, obviously,
01:13second quarter and then coming back at the end, you guys battled. So that says something, doesn't it?
01:18Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know, from where we've come from starting into now,
01:2130 or so games later, you can definitely see improvements. And I think earlier in the year,
01:25that 15 point lead would have gone up to 30. But you see now that we're able to kind of
01:30control those leads and then weather the storm a little bit. So you've got to take positives
01:34out of games like this. As I said, we're the best team in the league. We fought our way back,
01:38got it to a, you know, I think we're up at one point. So, you know, you definitely got to take
01:44positives out of the game and learn from that. But also, as I said, it's a tough place to play,
01:48but I think we gave ourselves every chance in this game.
01:52Josh, I want to ask you about those, like, off glass runners that you've got.
01:57Is that all reactive or is that something that you're noticing based on their coverages?
02:02If I can get one, two dribbles in, that's going to be there for me.
02:05Yeah, it is reading. I mean, De'Andre's a good shot blower. So, you know,
02:09attacking him at the rim is probably not the best idea. So I'm trying to, as I said last
02:13year, I'm trying to work in that mid-range area. I'll float it, pull it up, stuff like that. So
02:17I'm just reading what they're doing, you know, a lot of teams in drop coverage. So
02:20if I can make that float, I'll make the defense come up a bit more. Hopefully that'll open up.
02:30We got Christos.
02:33Hey, Josh. I would like to ask you that competitive spirit that you've shown tonight
02:40is a part of growth or is a step in the right direction for you guys?
02:44Yeah, it is a step in the right direction. I mean, as I said earlier in the year, we
02:48maybe, you know, as I said, the 15-point lead could have got blown out. But now we're seeing
02:52that, well, not recently, we've been able to come from behind a lot of games and
02:57pull our way back. And I think tonight was, you know, no different. We got 15 in the second,
03:01got up at halftime. So seeing where we've come from is definitely growth, but there's still
03:05so much room for improvement. But definitely is a step in the right direction. It's a tough
03:09place to play. So we're going to need to be on that game very soft not to win this one.
03:13I think we weren't, but we pulled back and gave ourselves every chance to come back.