 What have you seen in your team's overall physicality so far through these first half? Yeah, I'm proud of the guys. They've you know, we're a small team for the most part where we've we've fought we've fought together We've improved defensively You know, I think we're we're you know our defense is ahead of our offense Which I don't think anyone was predicting coming into the year But you know that that makes me happy and I think our guys can kind of you know Feel a sense of pride in each other that they are defending We just got back to what we what we want to do, which is is Get into early action and get off the ball attack the paint You know, we didn't get very many pin paid touches in the first half, you know, especially in the second quarter I think we had one minute rim attempt and we got to try to get in the paint and Collapse the defense and play from there. So I thought we did a better job of that Pretty much most have done that he's been out there Did you get the impression a that this meant any more to him the way it played and be just can you assess his performance? Yeah, I mean You know, we we love the Blake brings it and gives us that physicality, you know, he's also a very intelligent player You know, so he's taking charges. He's fighting on the glass. He you know understands our concepts defensively and I thought offensively tonight he helped us with some screening and some, you know, so, you know I think he made a three in some roles and Finishes and just you know made a lot of hustle plays for us So he's he's you know, somebody that we've we've come to rely on and count on and you know, I thought he was great tonight Was that kind of reflected in The fourth quarter because you had that great third quarter and then the offense kind of broke down Yeah, I mean we didn't defend great in the fourth quarter, but I think a part of that was you know They they had nothing to lose they started lining up shots and making them Could have played better defense for sure But also a part of it was they made some shots and one on a run, you know, that's what teams this league can do but we weathered it I think, you know overall the defense was pretty solid tonight and You know offensively it wasn't great, but we found a way in the end to get it done No, I think that was a mandate for the players was to try to get in the paint attack the paint You know, if you're if they take it away get off it early and we'll play on the second side And you know, I think that's where our teams taken a few steps in the last week and tonight We took a step back but in that in the third quarter. We are much better at playing quicker Creating opportunities for each other by playing fast and trying to get in the pain and attack You know when we get passive and stationary we allow the defense to load up on us and it makes it hard on us I Think I'd be lying if some of it if I didn't say some of it was carelessness, but um, you know, there's it's still, you know Each game presents different, you know tactical and emotional, you know Problems that you have to solve and sometimes I thought that emotionally we got a little bit off kilter and weren't making simple clear-headed Decisions trying to make home runs or just careless with it. So, you know, it's a good lesson for us I think we you know what the positive is we found a way to win and The negative is that we still realize we have we have a lot of work to do But it's been a good week for us with building getting towards better basketball offensively Obviously, we had two good offensive quarters tonight, but um, you know, really two poor ones as well Yeah, that's that's part of it, but I'm really not worried about other teams, you know We came into the season and we spent you know, almost two weeks with a different team Then we lose Kyrie now. It's a totally different situation. So we're just trying to build a new team and trying to work at What this group and and what you know, it's a big hole And everyone's got to step up a level in a notch in minutes and responsibility And so to find out what the best way for this group to play is a process And so I've been really proud of the guys the way they've engaged in and what we're asking them to do and What our improvements we've made but a you know, it's a totally different situation and we got to work our way through it