 Hey, Kevin, down 18 points in that first half. Just seemed like in that third quarter is just more juice out there. What would you attribute that spark that we saw, too? Definitely play harder to start the quarter. We kept the ball in our hands, and they came out to relax. Being up 16 on the short hand of the team, you could tell they relaxed a bit, and we was able to capitalize on that and take the momentum back and put it in our favor. God said big shots. Bruce Brown was incredible tonight, man. Geez. Floaters with Tom Lee, you know, playing in the pick and roll, picking up full court. You know, I'm just so proud of that dude, man. He's a true pro. Man, hasn't played at all. And coming to starting line up and making impact, you know, guys like Tori and Karius, you know, the whole bench came in and gave us some great minutes, man. We're going to need that going forward. New U-Pads, Elgin, Valor, Dwayne Wade, and Adrian Daly on the NBA's all-time scoring list tonight. I know you're in the midst of the NBA journey of the season, but how much are you able to, you know, appreciate and enjoy these accomplishments along the way? It's definitely great to be in that category, that class of scores, you know, so many great players that played in this league, and it's always been my goal to be amongst the best and to experience what those guys experienced. So, you know, Dwayne Wade is the guy I played against, and I admired for so long, and you said Elgin Baylor, right? Who else? Who else? Adrian Daly, that way too. Elgin Baylor and Adrian Daly, that too. Three guys that I followed and researched and did so much work on and, you know, emulated at certain points in my career, those three guys, hall of fame players, and, you know, so to be able to pass them on a list is pretty cool. Greg Logan, what do you say? Kevin, how important was a win like this emotionally under the circumstances where there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding when Pyrrhees is gonna be bad as they're coming off a tough loss? So what does a game like this say about you guys and how much was it just needed to give you a lift? Well, I was definitely needed, especially after a bad loss last game, and, you know, especially starting off bad down 16, 18 in the first half. And, you know, you're seeing guys have pride and they wanna come out and compete, and everybody came with it tonight, and especially in that second half, I mean, we just slowed down, stopped thinking so much, and covered for each other, and we were able to get a good win. Alex Shiffer with the Athletic. Kevin, you talked about being down in 18, 16 in the first half, because what were your problems, what did you think your guys' offensive issues were in the first half? They got loose, they made shots, you know, they got in the pick and roll, made some tough ones. You know, I think that whole first half, they just, you know, their talent and shot making really, really stood out. Monta Morse, his couple threes, Milsoff hit a couple threes. Yoke, as you know, he does, and then Will Barton coming in, knocking down threes for him. I mean, I think in the first half, everybody was, the offense was free-flowing, everybody was moving freely, but once we started to be more physical, I think it slowed down. Brian Lewis with the New York Post. Hey, Kevin, what, Steve, after the game, said he thought you guys needed this for your soul. I'm curious, what was his message that half time after that first half defense, and he really wasn't the one that was delivering anything in the locker room? I mean, who did speak up in the locker room that has done? Steve was the only voice at half. He walked us through everything that we needed to do in the second half on film, encouraged us, told us it's a long game, and keep fighting, keep playing, and through in the second half, he was just, he coaches every possession, it felt like, and you know, guys responded. I mean, like you said, we're gonna go through adversity, we're gonna be down big, but it doesn't matter how you respond, and guys did well tonight. Malika Andrews with ESPN. Kevin, Bruce Brown credits you, you credit Bruce Brown. I know you've been hesitant to say you wanted every game to be a building block, but when you're able to turn it on like this, are you ready to feel back? Do you feel like you've achieved that yet? To me? Me individually? Yes, you. You individually. I don't even know what that means being back. I feel like I've been in a good groove and knocking down shots. I mean, I feel good, man. I can't really pinpoint and tell you I'm back, I wanna have one of them, I'm back moments, but I'm just, I just feel good and healthy and good, I was, you know, glad I was able to get through this game tonight, playing 35 minutes, 36 minutes, and 38 minutes the last game, you know, so I feel like my health is dead. That's the most important thing for me. That's the only thing I'm focusing on. How I play, you know, I know how to approach the game and I know what I need to do out there. So I'm just more so gauging my body and, you know, all intangibles of the game. Are you going, are you planning on, I know you said you wanted to work up to it. Are you going to play in the back to back tomorrow? I plan on it, yeah. Christian Winfield with the New York Daily News. Hey Kevin, I got two for you there. One, you were close to a triple W. I'm wondering if you were a, if you knew that you were, you were one rebound shy. Bruce kind of said he stole the rebound or two by accident or maybe that was one of the reasons why you didn't get him. Second, I'm just curious, how much of your rehab time did you spend on passing out of double teams? Or was that something that you were able to work on in rehab when you were getting to that point? And does this time without Kyrie allow you to kind of sharpen that iris? The defense doesn't have another start Yeah, I did know that I was close to a triple double. I mean, they put all our stats up there at this on the, on the jumbotron. So I knew, and I really didn't think about getting the triple double to be honest. I wish I would have got that last rebound, but it's all good as long as we all rebound on them as a team and I did not work on traps. And that's maybe, and as I was rehabbing, that's probably why I turned the ball over so much. But I'm getting used to it again. And tonight was one of those games where I didn't mind turning the ball over. I think just being aggressive and going down here and trying to make something happen, especially after being down so many points, I could live with those, but I'll get better with traps and being sharper with the ball as the season goes on. Rachel Nichols with ESPN. Hey, Kevin, we're doing a project celebrating Kobe Bryant's life. And you've been really heartfelt in talking about him. I know you've talked about him as an Olympic teammate, but I'm just curious, what was it like the first time you played against him from that night? It was a preseason game. I'm not even gonna count that one. I mean, he's had like 20 straight points on us in that game. But the first game, the regular season we played against the Lakers. They came to, I told the story before, they came to Seattle on a back to back. And he had probably 44 shots and had 48 points to hit the game winner and didn't say a word the whole game. And his approach to that season, because they started out that season without power, without that championship team that they were building. And he was just stone faced, straight killer mode, the whole game. And that's one of those moments I'll never forget. What impression did it leave on you? Cause was there a point during the first five minutes when you were like, I'm on the court with Kobe Bryant? Yeah, just how we moved. I tried to emulate how we moved down to what he said to you guys in the media, to how he worked out before the games, what he watched. I really tried to study as much as possible. I would never told him that. But as a younger player, I was really just copying everything he did. Thank you. Brian Mahoney with the Associated Press. Hey Kevin, obviously you guys are missing a lot of firepower with Kyrie on that one spot there. You talked to Boone that all about, you know, don't worry about your offense or what are you telling Boone? Your offense, he was a little surprised about how much score he did at the end. Were you surprised at all about that? No, I don't tell guys how to play. Then the NBA for a reason, they worked to this point forward, to get to this point. And I just tried to encourage as much as possible. His own coach trusted him to be the starting point guard tonight. And he came out there and really controlled the offense, man, two turnovers, six rebounds, three assists, three blocks, eight of 11, efficient. I think he did a great job. And you know, nobody really told him anything. He just played his game. And last question, we'll go to Cassidy Hubbard with the ESPN. Hey Kevin, I just wanted to know how you found out about the new health and safety protocols the league announced today and did it feel different in the locker room or post game because there's no helping allowed? Yeah, we get a text. I think each player is on this text. We all get a text from the NBPA and they outlined everything for us. And I felt like we were under those protocols anyway. Guys are sitting far away from each other on the bench, all fist bumps, guys have masks on already. And most of the guys on the team don't leave their houses. So I feel like we were already in that protocol. And hopefully these cases start to clear up around the league and he's put these games, you know, get back to playing. I've seen Boston and another team postpone another game. So hopefully we clear this up. Thanks so much, Kevin, we appreciate it.