 from Karris Leveret, 43 points, a career high 73 pointers for Leveret tonight down in Memphis. The Nets lose 1-15-1-10. Let's get the thoughts of the head coach, Steve Nash. Steve, I'm wondering, you know, you guys went in a halftime shooting around 20% from three and then you had the big third quarter. Was it as simple as the shots going in or did you guys get better looks and scheme? Yeah. Did you guys get better looks in the second half? And that's made a difference. Sorry. No problem. You know, I think a bit of both. I think more importantly, we had more energy. You know, the first half were a little flat and came out, got down 20-something. You know, it was just a step late mentally and physically. Third quarter that we came out, fought. I mean, it was crucial for us to have that little, what was it, a six, seven point run at the end of the first half to get it down to 15. It came out with energy in the third. You know, Karris made some big shots. TP made some big shots and found ourselves right back in the game all the way to hub four. So, you know, we definitely made, there was some tough shot making, but the energy and the desire was there. So I was proud of them in the second half. Michael Grady from Yes Network. Coach, just now disappointing, is it this one getting away? And it's kind of too fast that obviously getting down early, but to claw back and then come up a little bit short. Yeah, I mean, obviously frustrating, but considering we went down 22 or whatever it was, I believe to fight back and get up four, you know, we, it was just a couple of possessions here and there where we maybe drove it into a crowd or took it into a crowd in transitions that had just taken care of the ball and getting a shot at the basket. But when you give yourself that hold to climb out of, you know, sometimes no matter how far you climb back, you know, it's too much to overcome by the end. I know Gerald was checking into the game a little bit late in that fourth quarter. Then there was no dead balls. Did you want to get him in a little bit sooner and how tough was that decision with DJ? Yeah, I mean, DJ was giving us good minutes. He was, he was doing fine, playing well. We wanted to get, you know, wanted to get Jay back into the game. And unfortunately, you know, at that point we were, he was stuck over on the sideline for a minute or two. Didn't really want to burn a time out because DJ was doing fine. So just one of those unlucky situations, but you know, I don't think that was the difference in the game. We turned the ball over, I think a few times or took it into a crowd and got blocked at that end where we should have been a little more patient. Brian Lewis with the New York Post. Hey Steve, I apologize if you were asked, but that three and a half minute span where you guys were called offensively down the stretch, was that, and some of those return overs as well. I mean, did you just attribute that to tired legs or was there more sloppiness there in that span that you would have liked? You know, I'm assuming, you know, the guys were maybe a little tired because we played last night, got in really late and had to claw back out of a big hole. So I don't want to discredit that, but I thought we were just forced a couple of plays, you know, took it into a crowd and transition. Like I said, maybe drove the ball a little impatiently and got blocked, things like that, where we could have just ran the offensive state patient and got better looks. So sometimes that happens. We got it, we fought all the way back with a big adrenaline rush and you got a little carried away at times. And I think we just didn't have the poise to move up forward to kind of manage that lead. Christian Winfield with the New York Daily News. Hey, coach, is it possible for Karris to maintain this level of aggression when Kairi and KD come back? And what's it going to take for him to find this stride when these stars return to the lineup? Karris is usually really aggressive. I think he just was seven to nine from three tonight. So it makes it all look totally different, right? But he was great, he was huge. He was a big part of us getting back into the game, obviously. But I've never really had a problem with his aggressiveness. It's just, you know, tonight, I think it's just paints a picture of when the ball goes in the basket. You know, it looks a lot different, but he's been playing well. He had a couple of good games, few good games in a row now and he's getting better all the time. So really proud of the way he's playing. Back to Michael Grady with Yes Network. Coach, I'd like some of the some of the miscues you were seeing on the defensive side of the ball. You know, I just thought it was, overall, a step slow mentally and physically in the first half. I think that was the biggest problem. They kind of got where they wanted. We, you know, maybe a little lethargic out the gates and you got to put two halves together. We didn't play well in the first half. And I think it was you could it's not necessarily one thing. You could attribute it to a bunch of things that I think. But at the root of it, it was just maybe we weren't as sharp as we needed to be mentally and physically. And we're a step late on too many scenarios. That's what gave them a big lead in the first big lead in the first half. Obviously, we had a good second half. But, you know, come down here on the road for a long flight. We got to, you know, put two halves together.