 show the Nets 125-99 winners over the Warriors in the season opener. Steve Nash wins his first game as head coach. Time to hear from the head man. He spoke moments ago with the media, including our Michael Grady. I just want to get an assessment of how you felt your night went from the execution, you got from your guys on the floor, to the love that you know that received in the locker room and early in your first win as head coach. Congratulations by one. Thank you. No, it was a good performance. This guy's played hard. You know, in particular, I thought defensively did a lot of good things, a lot of carryover from training camp and film. You know, Steph creates a lot of problems out there. I thought we did a really good job consistently on them, just making it difficult, not falling asleep. So I was proud of the guys defensively, and that's the number one thing. And you know, they deserve this. We got a lot of guys who can play a deep team, and they continue to come in and play hard and try to play the right way. That was an excellent first outing. Greg Logan, Newsday. Following up on that defensive performance, is it surprising that it's coming along so quickly? You not only helped Steph to 7 of 21, but Wiggins to 4 of 16. So their top two guys shot really poorly tonight. Yeah, I mean, we can take a little bit of credit, but some of it is make or miss. You know, some nights they go in, some nights they don't. Wiggins had some open looks he didn't make, that he may make. I thought our defense was solid overall, and Steph in the right direction, but you know, I don't want us to take too much credit for some of the shooting nights that they had. You know, on a different night, they may have knocked some of those down, and it looks a little different. But overall, it was really solid, not a ton of mistakes, really diligent with our principles and game-pwns. So I was proud of them. Brian Lewis, New York Post. Okay, when Steve Curd said, hey, Katie looks like he's back, like he's full strength, you kind of said, well, you know, we can't, you know, you want to kind of tamp down expectations and not get too carried away, but is he raising the bar the way he's playing and the way he looks moves? Is he kind of elevating the bar and putting that on himself? Yeah, I mean, you know, I think he, like I said, all I'm saying is that, you know, it's a big, big difference from taking 18 months away from the NBA and coming back into the NBA with everything he's gone through. So he looks like Kevin, he plays like Kevin, but I don't want to, you know, start making expectations of him until he gets going and gets, you know, some games and some rhythm under his belt and adapts to playing three and four nights and, you know, playing almost every other night for a stretch, you know, that's the next step for him. So, you know, we got to just take it day by day with him. He's done everything you could possibly do to put himself in this position and he's here because of his hard work and determination. And, you know, I just don't want to necessarily expect that every night is going to be amazing. You know, his off nights are amazing for most people in the league, but, you know, he needs time to adapt still. Alex Schiffer, the athletic. Hey, Steve, just what did you think of the ball movement tonight? It just seems like every time you guys had a chance to make an extra pass, you made it. Pretty good, pretty good. You know, we can always, you know, improve at that and improve our pace. I think in some sense, we're a talented offensive team with a lot of players who can make plays, score the ball, athleticism. So, the offense is going to be a little bit ahead on the talent spectrum at times, but I still think we got a long ways to go offensively. Play with a little bit more pace and cohesion, a little bit more understanding, and that's to be expected. We didn't spend a ton of time on offense and training here. You know, we got a lot of work to do and that's going to be a continual process. Christian Winfield, New York Daily News. Hey, coach, piggybacking off of that, you're saying, you know, you have a lot of work to do on the offense, but you come out and hang 40 points on them in the first quarter. I mean, obviously, yes, defense is a priority, but do you get the sense that this team can string together an offense that can be one that you can win games off of? For sure. I mean, we were. I'd be lying to say we're not blessed with a lot of great offensive players and depth, a lot of shooting. So, we should be able to score the ball. That shouldn't be a problem, but we just got to continue to refine and be efficient. You know, as the season goes on, teams are going to get better. It's been a very short training camp. There's been a lot of people coming into camp, not in their best condition. And then, you know, all the different things that go into this, you know, this season in a pandemic, I think is going to allow teams or going to show teams that are a little bit behind what we normally would be. So as teams get better, ourselves included, and tighten up, we're going to be more efficient. And so that's, that's what all I'm saying is that we got a lot of work to do there as well. You know, but we have talent and we can score, but that's not, we don't, we don't wrestle in our laurels with that. Leica Andrews, ESPN. Hey, Steve, a lot of players, now coaches are weighing in on this. Kevin Durant is back to his pre-injury form, and it's been notable the way he kind of hasn't leaned into that the way that maybe some other players have at different times. What do you think that says about him that he's not ready to say, oh yeah, move out the way, I'm back? I think he has an eye for the long game. He realizes a lot of steps still to be taken. I think he is enjoying the process. I think he's really grateful to be back on the floor. He's missed it tremendously. The amount of love and passion he has from the sport, he's attacked his rehab that way. So I think he's just enjoying his health, his ability to play in the NBA again. And he's not getting carried away with all the chatter or where is he? Who is he? What is he after this injury? He's just trying to find his rhythm in his game again. And obviously he's doing very, very well, but that's just not really his style. He's a great teammate, great team player, wants to make the right plays. He's not out here trying to win a scoring title. He's just trying to play the right way. So we're fortunate to have a player of his caliber but also a player of his character. Thanks coach for your time. We appreciate it.