Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam discussed the importance of communicating on defense after Wednesday’s 135-128 home win vs. the Atlanta Hawks.
(via Toronto Raptors):
Reporter: “Did you notice things different defensively tonight other than you guys just scored a lot of points?”
Siakam: “I thought we had a solid game. I think obviously we had a couple of mistakes at the end of the game there where they came back into the game, but I think for the most part we were solid in the principles that the coaches want us to have out there in the game. I thought we did it a lot better, I thought we trusted it a little bit more, I thought we communicated well, which I feel like that’s something that we’ve got to do better. I always say it’s like the character of our team, we have a lot of quiet people. So you go out there in the game, we have to find a way to energize each other, find a way to communicate to each other, and I thought we did that better today.”
