Michael Porter Jr. Postgame | Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets

every what does that mean team ESP yeah it's definitely not a big three with our team definitely um you know our starting five as a as a unit and then we got really talented uh young players coming in so we don't we definitely don't look at it like we look at like every night it could be someone's night you know and I think we all compliment D fell pretty well in different ways um and yeah um you know we won the championship this team last year with with Bruce and Jeff and some other guys on the team but these young guys really gotten better throughout the course of the season and they're just going to keep getting better and then we're going to need them come play out time but it's definitely not like a big there but how happy was that home for during that uh that stretch late in the fourth it seemed like everyone was kind of gasing up as it came I mean we knew we all know how capable regie is but I just think we know how big this game was for us for him to hit those I think he had seven points straight um and they were all big big shots so we were you know excited for Reggie but it's something that we're used to seeing Reggie do um so it was just we were excited for the team um being a really good Miami Heat team in their building what is it about sort of your ability to to rise up to those occasions defensively you guys hel think it was 97 the first game 88 in this one kind of meeing them in playing that tough defensive yeah I mean that's the way they play you know tough tough half court team you know they're not humongous transition team um they try to you know junk the game up and it's tough playing against this team they're a very good team you know they made the NBA finals and um we know how good they are so we come in every time we play them we come in with a mentality um to be try to be the aggressors and and you know get a win at the end of the day Michael you're back in first place how important is it to hold on to that top three for you guys uh in the west this year I wouldn't say seating is super important but of course we feel where're we're happy we're the number one SE we feel like we're Where We Belong you know what I mean but at the end of the day those teams in that playing and some of those lower seated teams are just as talented as teams towards the top so I don't know how much it means Michael you outscored I mean the team outscored the the heat by 11 in the fourth quarter you held them to 17 points in the quarter was how important was that defense for you guys and what was the biggest change there were you were able to toose them out in that way yeah I mean it was just great team defense um great awareness to their Shooters you know they got some some Shooters over there and we just stuck to the game game plan tonight um I think we did a really good job of that and at the end of the day we got lucky with some misses you know Jimmy doesn't usually shoot like that from the field um but I think overall we stuck to the game plan and we play pretty good defense uh You' had two really game really great games against the Heat this season what do you think has changed the most between the way you've played against them this season versus last year in the playoffs I mean I I've been looking forward to playing them this year just because I didn't feel like I uh um shot the ball very well against him in the finals so been pretty locked in but overall I think it's uh credit to my teammates I'm I'm just making my shots uh I didn't really feel I thought I was getting great looks in the finals you know I don't even pay that any attention but really just knocking down shots my teammates finding me for wide open threes and then um yeah it's been just great looks honestly the missing level that the team are is playing since the uh break since the Alla break uh you feel that you are reaching the same level that you had in the finals right now in in Mar um we're definitely trying to gear up and build good habits going in the finals you know 82 Game season is a long season but um with this last stretch you know 20 or so games we're trying to build great habits and really um get oursel used to playing at a super high level and we're holding each other accountable um I think that's another thing is holding each other accountable off the court on the court and um you know it's the little things getting out the locker room at half time time to go back and warm up for the next app little things like that I think we're doing a good job of as the season goes on was talking with a couple guys about the film session that you guys had between games two and game three of the finals last year and how it was a little unorg players were sort of walking through the clips instead of maybe a coach Malone or an assistant going through it any chance you would remember like what the clip was for you in that I have zero idea uh the finals I mean that was great last year that was a great accomplishment but you know we move fast that um I know sometimes coach does do that where he he wants guys to walk through the the film um so he did that last year I'm sure you know we probably we probably needed it you know that heat I think got game two right yeah yeah and so I can I can see him doing it for sure is that can that be like a good way to mix things up to have sort of be a little more communal engaging as as a whole uh yeah I think that's probably a good cing strategy just you know switch it up with the players talk through what they see as well