 Kevin I like that Oakland hat I'm wondering I guess we've we've talked a lot about defense and a performance like this yes it was flashy offensively but what does it leave you feeling from a defensive standpoint I like our attention to detail I like how we I mean we didn't get a lot of plays perfect but we made the second and third efforts and they didn't destroy us on the offensive rebounds so that showed that we were a boxing out that was an emphasis for us but for the most part we just did what we supposed to do went to at home now we got to see if this game is going to travel in the road for us and we got to stay locked in Bruce Brown said speaking of that the series is a start until we go to Milwaukee what do you think about mentality I mean that's just I'm like that's every team mentality if you got home court we know how important game threes are and we know that their crowd is going to be in it from the second we get on the floor for warm-ups and we know their guys play more they play better and more comfortable and they're sleeping their own beds and got the same routines at home so you know we we got our work cut out for us what we looking forward to it thanks Kevin Bruce Beck with NBC New York Kevin do you think your intensity is contagious because this entire team looks like they're playing with a laser focus right now yeah I mean you gotta credit that to the coaching staff they do a good job of keeping this focus and shooting rounds and practices and not letting it slip for a second on you know game plan practicing you know this has been it's been that way you know whenever we get a chance to practice this whole season so you gotta credit the coaches for keeping us locked in and you know then I try to help them out you know when you know when we in the locker room by ourselves and trying to you know tell guys what I see and vice versa everybody just got an open dialogue out there what they see and we just try to correct it and and follow the game plan Brian Lewis with the New York Post hey Kevin this is twofold specifically with Janice I mean everybody can see what he's capable of doing but in your mind what were the two or three biggest keys to keep him from ruining and wrecking the game plan and secondly Bruce Brown specifically what's he meant for you guys defensively how contagious is his effort defensively yeah I mean you honest shot 8 for 15 11 rebounds 18 18 and 11 you know they didn't play much in the course so I mean he still did his thing you know so we got to just stop to stop them so we got to be physical and do our work early and make sure we could test the shots and not giving them just anything easy but Bruce Bruce comes in and plays extremely hard and you know like I've been said earlier now nothing's gonna be perfect but guys make second and third efforts they can make up for that stuff so this is for us to stand focused I like shipper with the athletic hey Kevin I got a two-porter for you on Bruce just it seemed like obviously he's been great in a short role all season but it's in with Milwaukee's defense really didn't know how to handle him there tonight just if you can kind of speak to the impact he had for you guys offensively with some of the looks he was able to generate yeah like you said the short role has been there a lot of teams in the bigger role sell out to double team us and we drop it off to Bruce and try to make the correct play so he had great touch around the basket he makes the right play and he you know he understands that position now so we're gonna need more from going forward and then just for either you if my memory is correct he was playing pick up with you guys a lot last summer I mean that you guys have played a lot within the past year did you ever see a role like this for him when you guys first got him or is this kind of come out of left field for everybody I mean I talked about it once once we got Bruce that we you know plan against in the last two years I mean nobody really know him in Detroit but when you play against him and you got got him in the sky report he kind of disrupt that flow when I was in go to state a bit one game I was like oh who was this kid you know he was a second round pick I didn't hear everybody watching the college so we knew that he played with extreme passion and intensity and whenever he got a chance early on he wasn't playing for us over whenever he got a chance we knew he was gonna come in and make an impact Brian Honey with the Associated Press. And then there was one. Thank you Kyrie. You know you guys obviously don't have genes but you know did you think you could put together this kind of a performance against that good a team. I think we're capable of greatness every single night you know it just depends on the approach we have coming in throughout the regular season I feel like we will let our guard down playing against some of the teams in our league and they will punch us in the mouth and we will come and talk to you guys after the game about what happened and I think we've just figured out the little things in terms of how to create separation within the game and just remain resilient throughout you know that's that's basically what has come to us it's just remain in resilient no matter what's going on and stick into our preparation our game plan. Greg Logan with Newsday. Kyrie do you feel like there's something about the the defensive scheme that you guys are playing this series that is different than in the past or is it just a matter of raising the intensity and and the level of effort and and help that you're giving each other. It's the level of effort our attention to detail our communication you know we're just really being there for one another on that on the defensive and so that makes a huge difference when guys are playing against us and instead of seeing one body they're seeing two or three and we're just trying to make our opponent think. Michael Grady with the S Network. Hey Kyrie you and Kevin certainly have a you know championship pedigree when you guys are locked in the way that you are how does the crowd amplify that the way that this Brooklyn faithful has in the first two games. I mean you know we're we're just evolving we're an evolving team and that just includes everybody that's in our locker room and everybody that supports us outside. You know we just have all walks of life just supporting our team you know and it's just bigger than basketball for us. So I'm just grateful that we're able to not only just entertain us a small part of it but we're just playing for bigger reasons and coming into our home floor you can feel that energy. Like I said it's just so diverse so many different walks of life there. So it's always a honor to play in front of the crowd. Could you pinpoint something the way the game when it may be the opening tip because you pinpoint something that kind of sparked in fuel things whether it was a defensive possession or a bucket on the offensive end that really got the ball rolling tonight. Yeah I just think it was our pace. We were able to get stopped able to push the ball and transition and capitalize off a lot of opportunities. We had with mismatches mismatches. We just got to continue to be mature with the basketball take care of it and just continue to do our parts out there. You know we're asking each other to be at a certain level and you know it's just paying dividends for us right now. We just got to keep the same level of of intensity or you know just paying attention to detail. Like I said before going into Milwaukee it's going to be unbelievable energy and you know which is looking forward to the challenge. Malika Andrews with ESPN. Hi Kyrie. I'm wondering if you've talked about the mentality of going into Milwaukee. Kevin talked about it. Bruce talked about it. I'm wondering if there's any teaching that you see to be done for folks who maybe are riding. Oh we're up to oh but going into the other folks house or if you feel like that's an unspoken sentiment that everybody knows already. I mean it's the nature of basketball at this level. You know being in the playoffs understanding that the home crowd it does make a difference. You know and people play a lot more comfortable in their home. They're able to see their families. They're able to prepare. They're able to get the shots and they're able to weight lift. They're able to do the little things that keeps them in their routine are comfortable. So we just want to come in and just break their rhythm a little bit. Understand that the you know runs are going to happen. They're on their home floor. You know those guys are looking for a response game and we just got to be prepared. That is simple. You know the fans aren't going to come on the court and block anybody's shots or do anything but they're going to be loud and that makes a difference in our communication. So we just got to make sure doing those little things. Barbara Barker with Tuesday. Yeah. Kyrie and the first possession. You came down and hit that three help important personally. Did you think it was considering the way the last game started with kind of a gas for you to start this game. You know and make a statement about where it was going. Well honestly I was just trying to start off the game with a good shot. It was good contest. You know from the honest but I just think you know we're getting the game started and we run a play that's designed for me to be aggressive and I'm just doing what I'm asked to do.