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Jason Kidd Reflects on Mavs Season After Play-In Loss_ Incredible Season · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: You go get work too. Yeah, yeah, you're good, go
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  Speaker 1: ahead your life. You got some math in the first quarter. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we we had turnovers. Uh, they sped us up and
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  Speaker 1: they shot the baxtremely. Well they're in that first half.
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  Speaker 1: But I thought the response after half time we got
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  Speaker 1: it to seven, and uh, we just could never get
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  Speaker 1: over the hump after that. We fought. But when we
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  Speaker 1: wed live ball turnovers against this team puts you in
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  Speaker 1: a bad situation. And that's what happened early early when
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  Speaker 1: we uh live ball turnovers, they they capitalized and they
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  Speaker 1: made every shot there in that first half. To give
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  Speaker 1: them credit. What did you just time? Just what do
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  Speaker 1: you say about the performances? But all especially you never say. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we look at our leader. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: thought him and Clay played well. You know, I thought
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  Speaker 1: Ad did everything he could to to help us win. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: we didn't shoot the ball straight. You know, we had
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  Speaker 1: some great opportunities that just didn't fall for us. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of balls were in and out tonight and Sacramento
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  Speaker 1: we made all those and so tonight we shoot thirty
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  Speaker 1: one percent from three and so just understanding we have
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  Speaker 1: to shoot better, especially on the road. But give the
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  Speaker 1: Memphis credit. They were the better team tonight. If he
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  Speaker 1: was obviously dealing with something with his right leave and
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  Speaker 1: know it was the lack insit the last five minutes
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  Speaker 1: or a medical thing or is that just you don't
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  Speaker 1: matter of the game getting out of hre Uh, the
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  Speaker 1: game getting out of him. Uh. I still fresher, mom.
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  Speaker 1: And how would you sum up this season for the matters? Uh,
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  Speaker 1: incredible season when you when you look at the injuries
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  Speaker 1: that we've had, the change for us to even be
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  Speaker 1: here playing in this game tonight, it's incredible, which just
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  Speaker 1: shows the character of that group in that locker room,
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  Speaker 1: the fight being prepared moving on, you know, learning from
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  Speaker 1: our losses and and also our wins. So incredible season
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  Speaker 1: with the change and injuries. You know, some would say
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  Speaker 1: we would shouldn't even be here. So to give those
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  Speaker 1: guys in that locker room a lot of credit, Jason.
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  Speaker 1: That much was the fact that they're rebounding tonight. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the rebounding. That was probably another part. The offensive rebounds
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  Speaker 1: and in transition, you know, hurt us. They they got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of offensive rebounds and we talked about it,
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  Speaker 1: we gotta be able to box out, but tonight they
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  Speaker 1: gotta you know, that's where they hurt us, you know,
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  Speaker 1: being able to get second opportunities and being able to
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  Speaker 1: score those second opportunities, which they did, and so people
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  Speaker 1: talk about to see personally, to see it's you know,
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  Speaker 1: being able to deal with change and being able to
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  Speaker 1: deal with injuries as part of sport. And so this
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  Speaker 1: is a a season I'll have opportunity to look back
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  Speaker 1: at and see where I can get better. But with
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  Speaker 1: all the different pieces that we've had as a staff,
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  Speaker 1: I think everyone has done an incredible job to keep
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  Speaker 1: these guys prepared and motivated and to teach and get better.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a lot of great stories from our
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  Speaker 1: two ways playing at a high level and guys who
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  Speaker 1: normally wouldn't get time played and helped us win games
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  Speaker 1: this season. So a lot of credit goes to those
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  Speaker 1: guys in that locker room and to the staff. As
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  Speaker 1: a head coach, you can always learn, and this will
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  Speaker 1: be one that I will reflect on and see where
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  Speaker 1: I can get better. Thanks