 Hey Kevin two for you. I mean you told us the other day that you were willing and ready to go out there and do whatever it Took at what point did it hit you that what it was going to take was 49 and 48 minutes? I mean, I Didn't even think about nothing but just each possession, you know I was just trying to win each possession and I didn't think about I mean points I had or shot attempt like you know or rebounds as seriously was more so like just let me do what I need to do each possession And that's the approach always taken. I was able to rack up some points. I did play every minute So, you know that helped with my point total But for the most part just try to stay engaged in the defense aside of the ball game And then secondly, what did it mean to you? What did it mean to the group to have James, you know after being listed is out yesterday work all the way back to Give it a go tonight. They play 46 minutes. I mean, yeah You know just shows how much he loves to play. I was I was a little nervous because he hasn't played in a while and it's a physical team and his hamstring hamstring is one of those injuries that You know it takes a while to heal, but he came out there and thought in and toughed it out and you know Eight to six six turn six rebounds, you know miss some good looks all night I know it's only his legs won't get back under mode. You know it's time, you know next few days or so So hopefully next game you start to knock some of those shots. He usually make down and You know, we got a we got a we're cut off for as a game sick man's gonna be the toughest game of the year Very global news day Kevin obviously James wasn't himself in terms of his ability to drive to the basket and that seemed to Throw you guys off in the first half Was there a conscious decision that you made, you know Just to to sort of initiate the offense and to go through you again to get it going in the second half the way you did Yeah, I mean we wanted to we know he's coming off a tough injury and being out for so long and We trust James having the ball and setting people up so much that we probably put too much on him in our first half And I but I think he settled down in the second got his legs got his rhythm and I was able to help him a little bit as well Handling the ball that so did Landry so did Bruce so did Jeff. I think we all took turns. So We're gonna need that going forward Christian Winfield with the New York Daily News Hey Kevin, just how do you feel after having a game like this? Not necessarily physically although you played 48 minutes for like mentally and emotionally How do you feel after hanging 49 and 48 minutes? I mean got another game. You gotta travel tomorrow. We got a game six I mean I can't celebrate because we weren't we got we won a game. We got another game to try to finish it out Vincent Goodwill Yahoo Sports Hey Kevin, I'm just curious when you were reading the game early on and you were being more Facilitator than score was that something that you plan to do from the start of game Just sort of to read it to get Jeff involved to get easier looks everybody else and then sort of rev it up in the second Have because that's the way it looked like it played out Yeah, yeah, it did look that way, but I didn't plan on doing that I mean I always try to be aggressive to get to my spots to score and I think that settles my teammates down as well But you know this team does a lot of helping and a lot of swarming in the paint So, you know last few previous games I made a forced a couple shots over two people and I could have and I you know threw out four hockey assists Maybe tonight, so you know just keep watching films keep saying what a defense coming from But at the end of the day, I still got to be aggressive Alex Schiffer the athletic Hey Kevin, I got to for you. You talked about playing the whole game. Just did you tell Steve before the game? You know I can go as long as you need me to word was it you look up at one point realized you hadn't come out and realized You were good just I guess what was the dialogue like about you playing the whole game and Steve said that you were cool with it Yeah, we never talked about it. I mean Coach we always had dialogue about minutes throughout the season of like, you know Maybe you should pull me here for a couple minutes or maybe you should keep me in and so tonight I went to him and him and coach Von just asked me if I need a couple and that they were going to take me out I was like, yo, if y'all don't need to I'm cool. You know, I think I can I can kind of tough it out from here But I was cool with anything they wanted to do and they decided to keep me in And then just Jeff gave some you guys some big shots if you could kind of speak to his performance Yeah, I mean he was he came out there and set the tone for us at the three-point line to start the game And I think we fed off of that seven for eight from the three For him and off the bench. I mean, I was huge huge for us and we and we needed every one of those shots You know, even you got Landry came in and knocked down some good ones You know Blake had knocked down some shots too. So they just feel like I feel like they just leaving them open. So You know, we're gonna need that in game six everybody can shoot the end but more so than anything playing with that energy that we did Brian Lewis with the New York Post Hey Kevin those conversations with Steve and with Jacques at what point were those where you were saying? No, you know, if you don't need to take me out, I can I can do this I can handle this remember when that was somewhere in third or fourth quarter, but we always talk I mean, I don't I can't remember but we always have a dialogue over there and that was one of those conversations I don't remember what time but I just remember having that with those two You know, let them know that whatever they needed me to do I was cool with you know, let me stay in they weren't come out for a couple minutes to get you know I was cool with anything so I'm glad they kept me in though Cassidy Hubbard ESPN Katie I'm sure a lot of people Said a lot of great things about your performance tonight in the locker room But it was there anything specific you said to James and Jeff about what they did in this game tonight. I mean we all Encourage each other all the time So as the game was going on we always tell Jeff keep being aggressive keep sure and James You know, we checking on him every time out to see if he's feeling Especially with Helen the ball and we drew holiday pressure on full court, but after the game guys were just you know happy that James out there playing again, but Also when you know take care of yourself his next 48 24 hours so he can get ready and For Jeff we were just excited that he came out there, especially after being out since You know for a couple weeks as well. He came out there had a nice impact impacted game pretty nicely. So I said early we're not celebrating too much, but we were excited for guys coming into the locker room And we know that we got a you know put this behind us and get ready for game six Brian Mahoney AP Thank you, and I know you say things like you know always whatever the team needs But have you ever felt like it was done that much? You know between obviously having to know rebounding as quick low payers also kind of being the distributor when James wasn't a hundred percent beyond just the scoring I Mean I always been I mean, I know the perception of me is that I can score the basketball well, but You know any team that I've played on I've been asked to do pretty much everything from rebounding to defending to initiate To score I might not be you know, I might not do it all the time But I do a little bit of everything out there So I knew at some point that culture will ask me to screen Rebound defend bring the ball up score shoot three So I just just work on everything I can and practice and and when again coming around I just got to be ready to pull it, you know be ready to do anything. So tonight was nice You know Connor near post Kevin just to follow up on James when you have a teammate out there effectively playing 46 minutes on one leg How much did that inspire your own performance? I mean, I mean it's inspiring me You know this morning when he said he was giving in the goal and he was thinking about giving it a goal I think all of us felt like, you know, firstly, you know I want him to be healthy and make sure this is the right decision for him. But once he got out there and tested it out We were all happy for me that would give us the extra spark. So, you know, it was There's one of those performances from James that, you know, it's that she may not look like it was great But just his energy is tall kids Can his communication throughout the whole game was just on point. So I'm glad he was out there with us and can't wait for game sick