NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: CLIPPERS vs SUNS

April 22, 2023

Terance Mann

Postgame Press Conference

Suns 112, Clippers 100

Q. It seems like ou guys have been able to come out and hit first in all the games that you guys have played, but you guys have not been able to sustain it. What is it going to take for you guys to come out and hopefully jump on them and you guys sustain it throughout?

TERANCE MANN: I think just limiting our fouling. In certain areas, our fouling, our physicality has been able to bring them back in the game because it's being called.

Q. Just from your perspective, where do you feel like in the second half that game changed and you guys weren't able to make a run by the time the bench got in there?

TERANCE MANN: I think their guys did just did a good job of hitting tough shots when they needed it to stop our runs.

So yeah, I think it was just that. CP did a great job of controlling the game, and yeah, hats off to him.

Q. I think at one point, even late in the fourth, when you at the four, you guys were like plus 15 or plus 16. What is it about you at the four that kind of unlocks different things for this team?

TERANCE MANN: I guess, you know, my ability to do multiple things on the floor, cut, catch-and-shoot, get in the paint. Just keep the defense honest and in different aspects.