What Purdue Train Matt Painter Said Adhering To Roadway Triumph Versus Michigan State
EAST LANSING, Mich. — No. 3 Purdue basketball beat Michigan State 64-63 on Monday at the Breslin Facility. The Boilermakers boosted to 17-1 on the period, consisting of a 6-1 mark in Huge 10 play.
Below’s the full records of instructor Matt Painter’s postgame interview, consisting of the complete video clip affixed to this short article:
On what he desired on the last play of the video game
Painter: Yeah, simply something we have actually gone through the years. Simply something basic. You recognize, you’re in a challenging area with 10 secs, Michigan State did a great task. If you can go actually quickly because as well as attempt to obtain a shot, you wish to have the ability to still remain in the video game if you need to nasty then if it’s at 3, 4, 5, 6 secs.
They came near obtain us, therefore that was not mosting likely to hold true. Therefore, we were mosting likely to most likely to [Zach Edey], clearly. They have actually remained individually, as well as they were extremely physical with him as well as simply made it hard. But also for us, it’s actually not a choice. If you’re mosting likely to permit him to obtain it, after that we’re mosting likely to most likely to him. He missed out on a great deal of shots today that he typically makes, yet clearly, he’s still a challenging cover.
On Zach Edey’s efficiency
Painter: Yeah, he is a great gamer, male. He has actually functioned actually hard, clearly. He’s extremely distinct with all the freight as well as dimension, simply a large guy. He’s simply dealt with his video game as well as done a whole lot for us. However you recognize, to be able to play those sort of mins as well as obtain 17 rebounds is quite outstanding. Pretty outstanding for him. However he’s somebody that has actually constantly had great cardio, as well as he has actually constantly had the ability to play. We simply had Trevion Williams in the past, so they divided time, so it was simpler to sort of run those people in as well as sort of see that’s playing well in the video game.
With [Edey], you recognize, Trey [Kaufman-Renn] has actually had his battles, therefore it’s provided him a little much more obligation minute-wise. And also we reached obtain Trey going due to the fact that he’s a truly great tool, yet he has actually had a hard time when he’s subbed in below the last pair video games. However Zach’s been excellent. Zach is a great leader, he strives. I’m simply pleased for him as well as all the success he’s had.
On if he prepared to call timeout after Tyson Pedestrian’s basket to place Michigan State in advance 63-62
Painter: No, I was calling a timeout. However [Tom Izzo] called it initially. So, I was mosting likely to bring it to half court.
On the chess suit with Tom Izzo in the closing secs of the video game
Painter: Yeah, you recognize, I have actually obtained beat in all directions. We enter change right there as well as he does not call it as well as we use, currently you defeat on your own up on that a person, right?
Currently he calls it, as well as what a great deal of individuals do not recognize exists’s the flip of it, as well as I’ve struggled both ways. So he wanted to set his defense, which is understandable. Now they can go to the assistants and find out what are the plays we run that are better late-clock type or late-game type plays. So the back and forth of timeouts was just trying to see their alignment and just see if we kind of knew what they were going.
Obviously, we felt they would go to Tyson. But you know, with Joey Hauser, with [A.J.] Hoggard, you have more than one option. But when it gets late clock or at 1.8, which it was, you know it’s going to be a catch-and-shoot, so you felt more like it was Tyson Walker. And we didn’t do that good of a job. We took Edey off. They went small, so I wanted to keep Edey at the rim, just in case something got — you know, a slip play, a lob play, and now all of a sudden, you got a 7’4″ guy that’s not there to help you.
And so, they went small, and he really didn’t have anybody to cover. So obviously, with a low clock, we put him on the basketball trying to make it hard. They still got a good shot. That’s still a pretty damn good shot, especially with a low clock right there. We didn’t do a very good job. I didn’t think we did a very good job of guarding their guards. I thought their guards really got too deep on us and then we just let Tyson get — we didn’t let him, obviously, he’s a good player. But he just got into such a rhythm on his catch-and-shoots and his dribble pull-ups. And then he got mismatches and made some tough shots, the one over Zach when we had to switch right there.
But yeah, that was all it was right there. I was going to call it though, but we were going to dribble it and bring it to the side. [Edey] is so damn big that if you can get it in there to the side, you sometimes can go directly to him from the side, which you wouldn’t think like you’re going to get a post-up there. But you can get that with him sometimes. Then if they take it away, you can get it the other way and he can pin them, and then it’s really hard. It’s really hard. I’m glad we got him.
On Fletcher Loyer’s performance in the second half
Painter: Yeah, Fletcher is obviously a good player. And anytime he struggles in the first half this year, he plays great in the second half. And he really didn’t struggle in the first half, he just got into foul trouble, so he didn’t play as much. But he’s very aggressive, very sure of himself. Can catch-and-shoot threes, can shoot off the dribble, and can get to the basket. He’s very deceiving when he handles the basketball, but he does a good job of getting angles and being aggressive. He’s not scared of the moment.
On Zach Edey taking over the game down the stretch
Edey: We try not to go in with predetermined thoughts because everybody defends him differently. Sometimes the lobs are there, sometimes they’re not there at all. Sometimes you can duck in and get the ball in the post, sometimes they just full front and don’t let you have it. Sometimes they double, so we just tried to kind of go off of what we’re seeing and just try to talk our guys through it, especially when we come out of ATOs — just after timeouts — and running stuff.
Guys normally that size rebound their area. He’s really done a good job of being able to go and get basketballs out of his area. And then his dives are better. They’re not elite or anything, but he just pulls so many people in. And if you don’t, you have those lobs. Now, when you pull him in, you have those cross-court passes or you got the guy behind you, and it just opens things up. And now you have actually got guards in closeouts so you can get your shot but then you can also get your drives. He opens up a lot for us.
On keeping the game close despite not hitting shots in the second half
Painter: Yeah, I thought we had some stops in that moment that were huge. You know, I also thought Caleb Furst — they went up four, and Caleb Furst hit that three. That was a big shot for us. It’s a really big shot.
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So, just trying not to get frustrated when you take good shots and you miss them. I get frustrated with turnovers. End of the first half, they get back in the game because we turn it over three times in the last four, five minutes. Like, you can’t help them.
But I thought in that second half, we just kind of hung in there and Fletch made some nice plays and nice drives. Zach makes some nice plays, Caleb hitting that shot. I’m probably missing something, but you just have to stay with it. If you’re doing good things, and the ball’s just not going in, you can’t get frustrated by it. You just have to hang in there.
On if switching Edey onto Tyson Walker was an intentional decision
Painter: Yes, that was intentional. They went on a snake, so we downed the ball screen on the wing, and then when they snake and they get to the rim right there, they have a lot of success with his pull-up right there. And they have a lot of success with that lob on that.
So, they didn’t go back to it. We were actually going to trap it because Zach gets there, the problem with Zach is he can handle that, and he can be there even though he hit a tough three right on him. He’s OK right there. But now when the guy gives the ball up and he moves, he’s not. And that’s where just the off-ball stuff for him, he just gets away to the corner, and they make a great read, and that’s tough for him.
The one thing is when you make a decision to do some of those things, because of the strengths of Michigan State, now you’re going to get some unintended consequences. Currently, it’s not going to be the direct action.
You’re like, OK, we’ve stopped this, now they move the basketball, they drive the ball, they make the next pass. Now, that’s where your problems are going to exist when he’s out there like a fish on a bank trying to guard him and move his feet.
On using Zach Edey as a safety net on the road and in Big Ten play
Painter: I think it’s for our players, too. Anytime guys — you got a place to go with the ball. Coaches don’t just have an abundance of guys that they can go with and say hey, we’ll just give the ball to him, we’re on the road. You just don’t.
And tonight, Fletcher Loyer wanted the basketball and Zach Edey wanted the basketball. And you get some dudes that want the basketball but I don’t know if it’s the best decision in the world. But they really wanted it, and they were going to do something constructive with it.
I love playing inside out. I love those big dudes. A lot of people will look at our plays and say, man, you guys do a great job. If you don’t have the horses right there, those plays never work. It’s a player-driven deal, and Zach can get that deep position. He’s definitely a safety net for all of us, especially in late-game situations.
On Zach Edey’s conditioning level
Painter: Yeah, he’s always been that way. Like, his wind has always been pretty good, and he just hasn’t been able to play. When he first got here, he couldn’t pass and he couldn’t play without elbowing people in their head and getting offensive fouls. Just being honest. And you know, it was kind of a unique thing – like, I got COVID at the end of September and October, so I wasn’t there for the lovely 17 days, which was pretty cool. I watched a lot of Netflix. And I came back, and I was amazed how much better he was in 17 days.
Like, when you take somebody like that, you’re just like, I really think he is going to be good, but like, when is he going to be good? You know, he couldn’t pass the ball, he’s elbowing people in the head. Then all of a sudden, we start the games and, as the guys who cover us will tell you, like, he went the first five or six games where he would play 15 minutes, get 13 points, get seven rebounds, have five turnovers, most likely to the monitor twice. It was just like the same recipe.
Then all of a sudden, after five or six games, just watching tape, it just kind of stopped. Even though he still has a moment or two. Like tonight, he has a turnover, as well as I don’t think it was his turnover. The over-and-back call, they gave it to him and I don’t think that was his. So, he simply played all that really without turning the basketball over. And so, he’s gotten really good at passing. He’s gotten really good at taking his time.
We spend a lot of time doubling him. We spend a lot of time coming ball side, coming weak side, coming with size, rotating differently, as well as simply make him gauge it and don’t tell him what’s happening. And then he’s really gotten good at that.
He’s not perfect. But no, to be able to play minutes like that, it wears on those guys. You know, it wears on your opponent when you got someone that sort of size that can stay in the game the whole time and still play physical basketball.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — No. 3 Purdue basketball beat Michigan State 64-63 on Monday at the Breslin Facility. The Boilermakers boosted to 17-1 on the period, consisting of a 6-1 mark in Huge 10 play. Below’s the full records of instructor Matt Painter’s postgame interview, consisting of the complete video clip affixed to this short article:…