 we heard from Joe Harris with Michael Grady on the court at the end of the game he met the media just a short time ago let's hear some more sound from Joe. Hey Joe you guys were up 23 in the third they cut it down to eight and then you guys go on to eight and no run and then they cut it back down to 10 in the fourth quarter and then you guys kind of just blow it wide open can you just and also the same thing happened in San Antonio yesterday right well two days ago right this first going to run late to close the fourth quarter and then you guys kind of blow it open and over time and that game can you talk about the way that you guys have started to respond to adversity at this point in the season versus the way you guys may have responded to adversity earlier in the season. Yeah I think it just shows the maturity of the group and we realize that you know teams are going to make runs at given points over the course of the game and in particular late in games too you know they kind of got to go in there shooting wise they started making some shots hitting some tough contested threes finishing at the rim getting some fouls but you know we just kind of stay resilient honestly and a lot of that falls on you know the guys that are at the top you know you got Steve James Kai DJ Jeff Green like everybody's so you can kill that you know when they were team we do make those runs you know they're relaying the information back to the team talking about just you know we're staying staying with it and you know we've been able to kind of hold off some momentum and pushes from uh uh this first the other night and then the rockets tonight. Alex Schiffer with the athletic. Hey Joe I'm just curious what you've thought of Nick's recent play I want to say one of the only guys on the roster that was able to play with him last year and you know he's only played 20 games in 20 months or so I mean is he still a rookie in your eyes in some ways or is he kind of showing you enough to to where he's he doesn't have that mantra anymore? Yeah I mean definitely not a rookie anymore um but I mean it's not like we make the rookies really do anything anyways he could have clacked probably could have got by all last year he would have never noticed that he was a rookie um but uh he's played really well for us he's been huge um coming back I think for him a lot of it was just trying to get obviously get healthy get your body right um you know because it's tough you know we're sitting out that long um he's missing a you know a majority of his NBA career and he's really just trying to get you to play get out and compete and uh you know for him to come out just be able to to compete on a nightly basis you know it's huge for him but he's showing a lot you know in terms of um playing off of guys competing being in the right spots and uh and uh you know giving us a lift up a bench. Brian Lewis with the New York Post. Hey Joe uh James was saying earlier that he was uh you know he credited some of his early turnovers to just being so fired up and trying to do too much while he was out there um one could you sense as he was settling into the game and could you tell how much this game meant to him to come back here and play in Houston? Yeah I think I mean anytime that you have given so much to a city you've been a part of it you know this is a fabric of his DNA as a basketball player you know majority of his career has been spent here and uh you know it obviously means a lot to him but you know with James he said me you would never know coming into him he's still same uh you know pregame sort of ritual preparation he was locked in focus um from the start and to be honest I didn't I didn't even really notice any sort of uh you know jitters anything like that but you could definitely tell you know that he that he wanted this one