 as they get the win. Let's hear from coach Steve Nash post game. Coach what did it take down the stretch you know fourth quarter then of course going into overtime to hold this Atlanta team off. You know we just got it out it was just fine margins made enough baskets made enough hustle plays enough rebounds you know just to get us over the line so it wasn't pretty but we found a way and we'll take it with with James. He was you know much more aggressive with 20 field goal attempts. Is this something that you continue to talk to him about obviously he's been in facilitator mode in these first few games with the big three together but how much you have you guys been encouraging him to be aggressive and look for his yeah I think encouraging is the word you know I don't want to force him he knows what he's doing. He knows where his body's at and where you know this process of simulating to a new group is so we wanted to be aggressive but we're we're going to give him his head and let him decide how he plays but we definitely love it when he's aggressive and there's some tough matchups out there for him and he got going and an important time and we found a way to get it done somehow. Like Andrews ESPN. Steve I think this is the third game consecutively you've had the same starters and you guys haven't started the same group more than four times consecutively this season do you feel like you're starting to get towards a groove where this may be the core that you want to move forward with for your starters and then start to figure out that Yeah it's getting there I mean I'm hesitant to say that just because tomorrow will be something else you know it'll be COVID protocol or you know something will happen and we'll be back to mix it enough but I think we have to stay flexible and stay ready at the same time you know I like where we're going with it. You know by no means are we set on this but right now it feels pretty good. Christian Winfield New York Daily News. Hey coach you guys had 23 points well 23 fast break points tonight including one plan overtime within Joe gets that strip and then the ball gets to James gets right up court to Jeff for the dunk. Is that part of the reason why you guys want to really hammer down on this defense obviously yes you want to stop guys from scoring but does it unlock another layer for you guys to get out and transition and get some easy buckets. Yeah I mean I think when you do get stops you know you have an opportunity to go against a more unsettled defense in whether it's transition or semi transition so you know I mean there's many many reasons why defending well as a positive but that is one small one for me frankly you know I think we'll figure out ways to score it's more about getting stops and you know we don't turn the ball we don't turn other teams over a ton but if we can just get stops and rebound we've been rebounding better. You know we'll be engaged. Brian Lewis New York Post. Hi Steve when you talk about you know James is aggression level and you trust him to make the correct decisions I'm curious if you've noted his conditioning as we've gone make dramatic improvements or is this just a matter of him getting in better chemistry and in better sync with his teammates late in games. I think both I think he's getting comfortable just with his surroundings but he's definitely getting in better shape so you know that's you know it's important and he's just going to get better the more comfortable he gets in the better shape he gets so you know tonight's any indication he's going to you know have a huge influence on our team and make other players better.