 Let's hear from net set coach Steve Nash who just sat down with the media Hey Steve just looking at that stretch in the fourth quarter their 18-1 run What do you think kind of turn the game and Where'd you guys struggle in that stretch? Yeah, we had a poor stretch You know I think it was a it was a little bit of a photo of the night in general is that they were just Overall more physical than us at both ends of the floor You know our team our gap for our team is that we don't have a common history You know we were brand new everything's new we've changed teams more or less a number of times so We got a gap to make up as far as our you know our understanding of one another And while we make up that gap we got to be more physical We got to win 50-50 balls and we have do the dirty work You know because we have to give ourselves some sort of buffer while we figure each other out Well, we get more and familiar with our schemes and our sets and You know give us give us up Like I said that little cushion where maybe it's not as smooth. It's not as Seamless at all times, but we're still able to scrap and claw and stay in the games Bruce Beck NBC New York Steve the 15 offensive rebounds by by the box is that kind of what you're talking about in terms of Hustle in terms of you know tenacity tonight that that was definitely in their favor It is a great indicator, you know, I think it tells a story Of a slightly bigger picture than just the rebounds, but you know, they did a great job being physical at both ends They got a lot of offensive rebounds. They got into us defensively, you know, we had our chance, you know I think it was early in the fourth. We went up five points and then at a really sloppy stretch I think you said an 18-1 run so You know, we had our chances We didn't execute when it really mattered But a great opportunity for us to take something from this series from this game and grow from it Alex Schiffer the athletic Hey, Steve, it seemed like you kind of kept the same tactic for guarding Yannis tonight Now obviously he didn't drop 50 like he did last time Would you make it the effort there in the job you guys did on him this time round? Yeah, you know Very similar. We made a few mistakes, but overall you're gonna live with a lot of the shots He took he didn't shoot it as well tonight and you know again It was you know, that's not the reason we lost You know, I think you talk about all the offensive rebounds. You talk about the 50-50 balls You talk about missing 10 free throws, you know, there's a lot of areas that we could clean up Brian Lewis New York Post Steve in terms of the physicality is it fair to say that that's not really a Personnel issue or roster issue. That's more of a a great issue I mean there was a couple plays down this stretch where Middleton came through the lane And there really was not a lot of physical resistance Yeah, I mean, I think it's not necessarily the forte of our roster but there's no excuse for for not trying to match or You know be more physical than the other team and so that's something that we got to work out We got to be diligent about we got to make it a you know a tangible goal for ourselves and You know and collectively do it do it for one another to go the extra mile for your teammates So that that's something that we got to emphasize and continue to grow into Christian Winfield New York Daily News Hey coach, I think it was a 16 to one run that they went on in the fourth quarter And I think a few of us were a little surprised that there wasn't a timeout call Was that a tactical play there by you or did time just go by pretty quickly? You know, we could have called time out here there For sure, but you know, I think there's a there's also a Part of our team that you want to learn to problem solve We're getting good looks at the basket for that stretches and so you want to keep having them problem So everyone I keep them attacking and you know tonight Maybe I could have called another timeout, but you also want to make sure you save a few for the end of the game and So you're always caught in a little dilemma, but you know, maybe maybe there maybe I should have but at the same time I don't think that was like gonna make a big difference at that point