 the emotions like right now. Fantastic I mean the guys are obviously happy you know long road a lot of tough games especially to finish the season but I'm just glad and you know kind of the way we did it you know here against a tough Indiana team on the road on a back-to-back which we've you know struggled with in the past so it's a just a wonderful way to to qualify for the playoffs. What kind of positive sign is that the guys are talking to guys in the court they had talked a lot about not wanting to get help to get in they wanted to do it themselves and accomplish it themselves and to win back-to-back on the road what does that say? I really felt it the the past two games I mean we'll walk in tonight there was just another level of focus there was another level of being locked in and and I mean they wanted it so bad that that group in there that and it's just I don't know there was an energy there was an extra energy out there that really pushed us pushed us over the hump these past two games. How would you describe the scene in the locker room after a game such a monumental moment for you guys? We didn't celebrate like we went in a championship but pretty happy pretty jubilant and like I told them you know the old story no one believed you know you could do it no one you know and I think those are the most beautiful moments in sports you know winning a championship I've never won an NBA championship but you know next to that you know kind of proven proving everybody wrong the predictions the even their head coach they proved me wrong much better than I thought they were gonna be and and I didn't know that until it's like until I got to know that group and the group of guys in there then as the season went on as men this is possible so you know just a great group of guys in there. Earlier in the season when you guys were on the eight game winning streak you said that you felt like the basketball gods were gonna reward you guys for playing the right way and do you feel like now that that's been the case? Yeah you know every NBA season you go through a tough stretch and and we all stuck together and you know from ownership to Sean to to the players and the staff and and went through that rough time and and you know got through the you know got through the the tunnel and and I think that helped us become the team we are today. When did you start to think this was feasible? I think before that road trip you know the West Coast road trip I said you know if we can get you know two or three wins on that on that road trip we'd be in the hunt so that was the first time that I thought it was possible. Where did the belief come from with this group starting early on? Where did that belief factor come from? It starts with this group of vets in there at Davis, Damari, Jared Dudley I think they the thrust of that group they I think it irked them that I didn't talk about the playoffs they wanted it really bad and I think I think they'd helped elevate the group they helped elevate me too and you know when you get the right characters and the right mix of guys that you know the coaching forget that it's it's really about that in there that that gets you to another to another level. When did you start talking about the playoffs? When did you start talking about it? Well they started talking about it you know midseason you know I'd say and I waited till like I said that last road trip that that West Coast road trip when I felt like okay now you know the media keeps badgering me I got to start talking about it and and I relented and you know to just drill drilled it it turned out well especially went in here I think you know how difficult it is to win here how much difficult we've had with their physicality and just overall strength is there's a great win for us. You beat them by like 20 on the boards tonight what did that they kind of underline the commitment to what you wanted. And that was it that's what you know stuck out that you know it's the first time I felt like in this arena that we had that level of physicality that level of focus that level of concentration needed to beat a beat an excellent team like this. And also for DeAngelo you talk about the veterans but what do you think this means for your point guard your young point guard to get a team to the playoffs. Yeah I think it's another star on his on his resume I just think you know he's more than just a scorer he's more than just an elite passer you know your your your winner to me you wake to make the playoffs you put that on your on your label on your locker you know and it's so hard to make the playoffs we were so far away these past two years so it's sort of make this big jump that was really unexpected and that makes it all the all the more sweet. Players talk about all the hours that you put in in the gym watching tape what does this moment mean to you. Yeah no when all the hours they put them collectively it's it's you know all the the video sessions and the practices and we work hard at our craft so to be rewarded it's like I said I'm particularly pleased that I think we put in put in the work and just just super happy.