Willie Green recaps loss to Rockets | Pelicans vs Rockets Postgame 12/23/23
Pelicans Head Coach Willie Green
On the execution in the fourth quarter:
“Give Houston credit, coming in our building on a back-to-back and beating us on our home court, they’re a tougher team then we are right now.”
On the team’s transition defense and getting out in transition on offense:
“It’s something that they’re really good at. We saw that coming in, that you’ve got to force the issue with transition. We didn’t do a great job of executing when we had transition opportunities, but when it came down to our ability to execute at the end of the game, much like it was when we were in Houston.”
Zion Williamson on loss, Alperen Sengun | Pelicans vs. Rockets Postgame 12/23/23
Pelicans Forward Zion Williamson
On the team’s execution in the fourth Quarter:
“It was not hard. Turnovers. We’ve got to execute and we can’t have those turnovers and we had three late in the game. It is going to be hard to win like that. We can’t do that.”
On Jonas Valančiūnas having six fouls tonight:
“I mean, it is tough. I know it is frustrating to be in foul trouble. (Alperen) Şengün played a great game. He played a really great game, got our bigs in foul trouble. Hats off to him, he played a really great game.”
Trey Murphy III on learning from the loss | Pelicans vs. Rockets Postgame 12/23/23
Pelicans Forward Trey Murphy III
On the execution down the stretch tonight:
“Turnovers. We turned the ball over down the stretch, and that’s what led to our loss.”
On getting into the team’s offensive set late in the game:
“It just didn’t look like we were on the same page on a lot of different stuff. Like I’ve said before, our group hasn’t played a lot of minutes together, and we’re trying to iron out those wrinkles at the moment.”