Willie Green recaps win over Milwaukee Bucks | Pelicans vs. Bucks Postgame 3/28/24
Pelicans Head Coach Willie Green
On winning despite only making eight threes, and what it says about the team:
“We’re super grateful, and [I’m] really just thanking God for this victory and this opportunity to coach this team. That was a gutsy win on our home floor. Like you said, it was a good defensive performance by us. We played with force, from start to finish. Even when we couldn’t hit shots, we still continued to make winning plays.”
On the team’s execution in the final three minutes:
“It was better. It was better tonight than it was [against] OKC. And that’s the goal for us, to continue to recognize that this is an area of improvement. We try to be honest with each other watching the tape, getting on the floor and continuing to work at it.
Tonight was a great carryover.”
On the performance of Jonas Valančiūnas and Larry Nance Jr.:
“They were great. Both JV (Jonas Valančiūnas) and Larry (Nance Jr.), they were awesome tonight. We knew with this team, you have to go attack them. You can’t sit back. You can’t allow them to get downhill on you, post you up. You have to go attack them from the start. We’re all proud of our guys because they took the game plan and they executed it tonight.”
