Al Horford on Leadership and Defensive Improvements: 'Lead by Example' 🏀

BRIGHTON, MA -- Al Horford spoke to the media after practice on Monday.

Al Horford spoke about the dramatically improved defense: "There's been an understanding of what we're trying to do ... sometimes things you expect guys to know and pick up kind of gets lost in translation ... we figured it out pretty early that we needed to be more consistent defensively and pay attention to the details..."Normally when you're not switching all the time, there's usually only two people communicating ... things are going so fast (w/ switching), if you're not talking you're going to get exposed out there."

Horford on Jaylen Brown's injury: "Jaylen was playing so well, starting to get his legs under him and trying to get a feel for everything ... this is going to give some opportunities for some of other guys to step in ... these kind of things happen and we just have to come more together."

Alon being old guy in the room: "At the end of the day, I try to come in here, work hard, lead by example ... treat how I want to be treated ... when I want to say something, there's this mutual respect ... sometimes I'll ask them questions, we're learning from one another"

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