 Yeah, I mean they they they had a guy get hot at the right time he sent it to the second overtime He was hot and not over time. So you know We we were a little flat little disjointed to start the game got down found our way back in it Pushed it to overtime you know up three after the first over at the end of the first overtime and gave up a three and Looks like the legs fell off a little bit, but also he got hot at the right time. So Hats off to him It's first game the big three in the end in this new group group new look nets When you're talking to the guys in the locker room and you're assessing this one with the group Are you focusing more on the on on the negatives? If you will or the areas to clean up or you're bringing up the you know the positives and things that you want to build on They're both. I mean mostly the positive though. We look this is first night That we've had everyone on the floor together you know, we Seemed a little lost at times which is natural because we haven't played together. So there's a little indecision We started the game turning the ball over. I think we had seven or eight in the first quarter You know, we cleaned it up got ourselves back in the game But obviously, you know, we we have to defend better But I stay positive, you know, these guys is the first night out together We just getting a feel for each other and this is gonna be a process. It's gonna take the entire year. So While we're all disappointed You know, we got lots to to build on lots to grow lots more opportunities Alex shiver the athletic Hey Steve, you mentioned that trio of James Kevin and Kyrie It seemed like they were on the court together a while towards the end that came I guess how much did you think fatigue factored in especially in the second overtime? Yeah, I think the second overtime, you know There was fatigue But you know when a guy just gets hot like that unbelievably hot, you know, there's not a lot you can do so A bit of everything, you know, if you ask me and unfortunately we didn't close it after the first overtime Christian Winfield New York Daily News Hey coach, can you I mean obviously a guy gets hot and sometimes, you know, there's nothing you can do about it But in terms of just complete defense, I mean they ran up 140 points. What did you see that you didn't like out there? Well, we were there we had breakdowns all over the place You know, so we we got a lot of work to do I think that's we know that we know that You know, we we have a very offensive team right now So we have to find ways to defend to get connected to be on the same page and that's going to take some time. So it's You know, it's definitely early early doors as far as this new team and this new group learning to defend together and how We can be effective defensively, you know, that's that's got to be one of our You know The part of our game that we're gonna focus on the most going forward Brian Lewis New York Post Hey Steve in terms of the breakdowns, I mean is that do you chalk that up to just Legs do you chalk it up to communication for a new group or are these issues the fact that you have a very You have offensive-minded personnel, which would be that's more of a long-term concern Yeah, all the above, you know, that doesn't mean that you know Because we have offensive personnel that we can't be better defensively, you know, we got to improve and improve our communication We got to improve obviously Getting guys in a better condition, but you know We we feel positive and that we can improve defensively, but it's definitely got to be a priority for us Like Andrews ESPN Steve I I know I jinxed you pregame by asking about minutes but in looking at the breakdown with both Kevin and James Harden playing 50 plus minutes only going for deep on your bench a big disparity between two guys on the bench and two Others is it a lack of trust with the bench? Is it just the way the game was flowing? Why not dip in a little more to try to build in more breaks for those stars a little bit of both? You know first of all, we found ourselves in a hole You know the second unit got beat up pretty good there in the second quarter and You know we we relied on our star players, so You know it when you get yourself in a dogfight you you know when you're trying to find climb out of a hole It's hard to really go to the bench You know we're we're in the game. We had a chance to come back. We got ourselves back We had a chance to win and we didn't do it So right now it looks like we made the wrong decisions But if they don't make that three at the end of the first overtime it looks like it was worthwhile So sometimes you roll the dice the second unit didn't didn't perform tonight the way We think they could so we didn't go back to them as long and it's hard and we kept it the rotation shorter And we end up losing so you could you know say that that was the wrong decision But we at least you could say you could also say we gave ourselves a chance and had a three-point lead with a few seconds left and overtime Respect NBC New York Steve games like this even a loss is this a part of the process the whole building with this Of course, you know I mean every night has to be a part of the process for us because we just you know are such a new group that We got a you know take take advantage every time we take the floor whether it's practice or games to get ahead and to learn and to grow together so But to play in close games to play in overtime games, you know win or lose we won one the other night in a close game We lose one tonight. They're they're important win or lose right now for us to get that experience that collective experience