Billups on the defeat: We had 19 turnovers, which made the game tough

Live Bar December 13, 2019 The Blazers lost 111-116 to the Timberwolves today, losing five straight. After the game, Billups was interviewed by the media.

Billups spoke of Anfine Simmons and McLemo: "They did a fantastic job tonight, McLemo was on the pitch today, providing the firepower the team needed, he threw a lot of goals and played aggressively. He's the X factor for our team and sometimes he contributes to performances like that. ”

McLemore played 15 minutes from 6-point range and had 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, while Simmons played 33 minutes and had 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 9-of-20 shooting (6-of-12 from three-point range).

Speaking about the loss, Billups said: "I think the most important thing is that you can't make 19 turnovers and let the opponent use those turnovers to score 24 points, neither at home nor away, and we said before the game that the Timberwolves team will catch every mistake you make to score, and when you make a lot of mistakes, the game gets tough, we had 11 turnovers in the first half, many of which were unforced, probably because we've been trying to move the ball. We had 15 assists in the first half and we were really trying to get the ball running. But so there were 11 turnovers, and the opponent used them to get a lot of points, which was bad. ”

Billups also spoke about the team's mentality today: "I felt like we were impatient all night and I hope that as the game goes on, the players will be able to calm down, but we didn't. We didn't really calm down. ”

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