Magic at Knicks: Jamahl Mosley Reflects on First Win | "They fought and battled, I'm so excited for them," Jamahl Mosley. Coach Mosley reflects on his first win as a head coach and talked about how proud he... | By Bally Sports Florida & Sun | Just understanding that the guys did a great job at half time understanding how they were guarding him and so that locker room our locker room was communicating exactly the plays that they can make for him using him as a play maker but then obviously he just comes down and makes the right decision and that's the type of that's the player he is that's the vet he's been you know through training camp and you know what he's done for us it's been fantastic. I thought it was really good. Uh the ball moved sides of the floor. Guys were trusting the pass. Again, we had the open looks. Some shots went down, some shots didn't but these guys did a great job of trusting each other, sharing the basketball, and playing for one another which is what they've been trying to do. Uh what was the energy like in in the locker room after the game I'm sure these guys are thrilled to to get you your first win as well as the team. Again I I always say it's about those guys man. They pulled together. They tied together. They they fought they fought and battled and responded back from you know from the game previously and I just like I'm I'm so excited for them. It's it was the fight that they put on that court all night long. Um earlier today about maybe the deep execution on threes knocking what you want is between the last game obviously they start off started out pretty well but they're thinking they feel we made six threes what keeping change defensively for you guys well I think we picked up the ball pressure a little bit understanding who are the shooters not the shooters again I know Derek came down and hit a couple of three as we went under the screen and we had to make the adjustment you know he's done a great job just you know just growing and knocking shots down so you know being respected in that area but our just did a a good job recognizing who was where and then we flew around the court just you know multiple efforts making sure we contested all shots. Exactly what you said Cole coming back home and playing you know with that toughness that confidence that resilience and you know the one thing that stands out most is the his ability to rebound the basketball and he made the right plays he made the simple plays you know and that's the one thing that he's just he's getting better and better at is just making the simple play and he made his teammates better tonight which is which was great to see it was good. Well, we had a film session this morning and that and that was the high level of communication. It was more about the resilience that you have to have in these games. There was a point we got we got down ten and I think it was Cole referenced the fact that you know, hey, we talked about that this morning. You know, down ten, we can't hang our heads. We gotta keep fighting back. That's what we talked about this morning and so that's the point of these guys being resilient enough to push through. George, a couple questions on Zoom. Okay, first one goes to Josh Robbins Athletic. Jamahl you mentioned this but how does someone who's six two in sneakers get sixteen rebounds in NBA game I think that's a a big portion of just will and desire to go get it you know we challenge our guards to rebound the ball more and that's that's what they did and that's what Cole did I think it was just fantastic that he got in there digging his nose in there and just being willing to go after those little scrappy loose balls our bigs had a a definite challenge against their bigs and so we challenge our guards to go out and get some rebounds follow up Josh. Yes, thank you. Uh Jamahl, how is it that you're not drenched with ice water right now? What was the scene like in the in the visitor's locker room in MXP? It it was it was a good scene in the locker room. The guys were celebrating very heavily. I was so happy for them and I also just changed my shirt. At Michelle. Jamahl what can you you know obviously at this point what can you guys think about this going into tomorrow that game with Miami into the future well I think it's the the way in which we have to play you know I think they understand the resiliency we have to play with the sense of urgency we have to play with and then the ability to share the basketball you know the ball moved the guys touched everybody had a chance of touching the basketball we moved the ball side to side defensively we locked in and grinded and I think that's just again these guys understand who we have to be and not getting down when your teams go on runs you know that's the game that's the NBA it's a game of runs so we gotta understand these guys be resilient in that. Well, like we talked about and we have that the film in the the morning. Understanding what the game is. It it it hope it that they understand that it is gonna be a game of runs. It's a long season and you gotta know you're gonna be games, you're gonna be down some games, you're gonna win some games, you're gonna lose some games but you gotta stay the same and that just goes back to what we've been preaching these guys every single day about doing the work every day. Staying with that process of getting better every single day and guys just developing. Guys get better every day. That's what we're talking about for these guys. Yeah just real quick Jamahl last year this is the game that you filled in for Rick Carlisle you gotta win at the MagicTogether as your team your first one and Raymond Campbell celebrated what was this mean to you personally to have that first win I'll say the same thing I I probably said then I'm just happy for that locker room I think it's more it's about that locker room and the resiliency that they showed to come out and fight that's that's who this team is and I I get that's the thing that makes me the happiest the guys played their tails off they fought fought and battled back staff did a great you know that's the one thing they they did a great job on recognizing time out and little situations like that it that's what makes me the happiest question coach Well I think he did a really good job on Evan you know Evan is a heck of a player you know his ability to get his shot anytime he needs to you know him coming off and chasing pin downs Jaylen did a great job of chasing him disrupting things getting his active hands on the basketball but on the court you know I think if you notice it a couple of times he's coming over to the sideline we're communicating things that he sees different place that that you know he recognizes will be open but I think he's the eyes and he and the eyes of the floor understand see on the floor and I think that's just his growth and that's what he's been able to do. He's slowly but surely just coming along those lines. It's it's been great to see his growth.