 come to the postseason. What was the big takeaway and what you guys like to accomplish game one? We found a way to win. We didn't play well offensively. Some of it was shot making, some of it was cohesion. Some of it was just, I think, first time out in the playoffs with fans. The atmosphere was unbelievable. Our fans were incredible. We knew it would be fun to play in front of the fans, but to step out there and see the place packed like that and the energy in the building was unbelievable. So I think there was a little bit of a newness in many ways. We weren't sharp offensively, but we found a way. We were tough, physical, defensively. We made our share of mistakes, but we covered it up with an intensity and awareness and held them to 40 points in the second half. How big was that, what you guys were able to shake off from the first half, buckle down and take advantage of in the second half and pull away? The first half was just so uncharacteristic from a shot making standpoint for us. That put us in a bit of a hole, but I think we all had confidence that it would be hard to shoot that poorly in the second half. Still plenty of things to clean up, plenty of things to look at and to develop and to continue to get better at. Not a great performance at all at the end of the floor, but plenty to be proud of defensively and plenty to build on down there. Alec Schiffer with the Athletic. I'm sure it's some of it, but I think it was just more of the occasion. Everyone was excited and the place was packed and maybe we just rushed. We were just a little impatient to start the game. I'd probably say the truth is somewhere in the middle, a little bit of that they haven't played much together, a little bit that it was an exciting evening for everyone to walk in the gym and see how many people and our fans were outstanding. I just think it was all new, off to a fresh start and we just weren't really sharp offensively. So probably a few factors contributed. Ryan Lewis with the New York Post. How much did Robert Williams, I mean his rim protection, how much did that contribute to your guy's struggles or were you playing into his hands? I would say both. I think too many times we kind of lined him up to go against him. You know, when we didn't unnecessarily, but he was outstanding and then other times he was just great. He made big plays whether it was on the ball, off the ball and used his length and athleticism. But I think there was times where we were a little bit naive at times to go at him unnecessarily in their own positions. Christian Wenfield with the New York Daily News. Coach, you talked that you guys didn't play too well, especially earlier on, but even though you guys didn't play well, you guys were never too far away from being able to close the gap. I'm wondering if that ability to make up that distance, even though you didn't play well early, is that something that you guys can consider as a confidence booster going forward? I mean, obviously you guys don't want to play poorly to start these games, but I feel like you didn't play your best and you were only within arm's distance. Basically the whole game. Does that do anything for you guys? Yeah, I think so. I think our defense was pretty solid. They had 32 in the second quarter, but 21, 20, 20 in the other three quarters, so I think we recognized we could stay close by defending. I thought we had a good start. I think it was like a 13-4 run to start the second half, which was important. But I don't know that our confidence waiver tonight, we just weren't as sharp as we normally are.