 did you guys just kind of regain a little bit of your defensive mentality at half-time to hold them to 19 points I think. 21 but 8 you know but you're right I mean I think we set the stage for that by holding them to 21 in the second you know we talked about you know being down I think 10 at the half how we couldn't waste any time we had to get right to it and guard and control the ball and try to keep them out of our pain as much as possible and we had a you know obviously a tremendous third quarter that kind of made up for the first and it was a chance to control the game a little bit down the stretch. Too few just is there anything on Bruce and what happened to him? I have no update just took a fall and it's a little ginger. Then James Johnson with the double double for you guys what would you see to him tonight? I mean just great competitiveness playing for the team spirit was great you know obviously you can do some playmaking out there you can attack the basket with his quickness and size and he rebounded the ball for us so huge effort from him and everyone everyone pitched in it was not an easy game for us and you know we had to find a way to make it happen with a lot of kind of non-shooting lineups to you know the pain is crowded and it wasn't easy for James to get in there so our guys I thought were great at finding solutions continuing to play driving the ball to the basket getting stops when needed and just figuring out different ways to get it done. Coach I know the repetition helps but what are you seeing with the group that's out there on the floor when James is not out there what kind of chemistry do you see building and how do you see them finding ways to do what they need to do? Yeah you know I thought it was it was pretty good for moments in the second but you know tough in the fourth there to start the fourth but that's that's also a group out there and the fourth that I don't believe has ever played together a lot of guys that haven't been you know on the floor much and let alone together so it takes time but you know I thought they hung in there fought in that fourth quarter stretch and you know they they definitely you know had the spirit that it took tonight to compete and keep us in it at times. Hey coach congratulations on the win. James has attempted at least 11 free throws in four of the last five games I'm just wondering if you've seen any shift in the way he's being officiated or is it just a byproduct of him being more aggressive and getting to a spot. I think both I do think though that the referees are starting to figure out you know what's still a foul what's still a basketball foul and what's a non-basketball player or whatever the mandate says I think early it was difficult you know for them to know where the line was and now you know he's such a such a you know difficult guy to cover with his size speed quickness ability to shoot over anyone from three that you know guys have to get too close to him and then he's so strong that once he gets a slight angle on you or step on you you know it's it's almost impossible not to foul him because if you it's either get out of the way or you're gonna draw contact so you know that's what makes him brilliant this is ability to penetrate to take contact and you know be able to dictate what happens when that contact happens. James said something the other day about how this is a group that kind of a broader question than just this game but he's he said something the other day about how this is a group that's still figuring out who it is what it can be great at. I'm curious from your perspective do you see that as something that this team is still sort of working through and figuring out and how do we evaluate how you're progressing in that direction. Yeah I think we're it's very early for this group you know it's 17 games you know we've had we've had multiple guys injured as well so we have ten new players I think it takes time you know a lot of guys with different backgrounds different histories different habits trying to blend together you know we started our training camp the first kind of week or two with Kyrie and you know a kind of a clear continuity path from last year and then you know we had to change a lot of things and so now we do have to explore how we can come together find commonality find ways to to be efficient and effective offensively I think the defense has come for us come earlier for us in the offense but the offense has got to be a project that we just stick with and have trust and faith and work at it together and evaluate it and constantly refine it and hopefully it's a project that continues to show grow throughout the year. What level of appreciation do you have for what you guys have been able to do to this point as you mentioned it is super early in the season to be first in the Eastern Conference with the adversity that you mentioned already is there a certain level of appreciation that you have for the way that you guys have definitely I feel proud of the guys you know that they've they've dealt with some things so far this year and continued to work for us you know to be where we are defensively I think it's been a tribute to their effort and engagement and willingness and then offensively you know to be patient to try to work out how you fit into this group not how this group fits around you and I think that that takes patience it takes you know time and so for them to be you know to have 12 wins at this stage of the season amidst all that stuff I think is a credit to their professionalism and effort.