 Um, it was, uh, I mean, I wouldn't say it was a struggle. You know, I would definitely would have loved to be out there with my teammates, but this is circumstances, um, you know, COVID just put us under these circumstances and a lot of guys around the league under protocol. So, you know, it's, uh, something we knew coming into the season that may happen. So I wasn't too upset about it. I'm glad I'm back playing though. What do you feel has to change on the defensive side of the ball in order for this team to be successful? We just got to get consistent at it. I felt like we play some great defensive games on this past week when I was out. And, um, um, you know, throughout the season, I just think we've been up and down on that side of the ball. And, you know, it's a matter of time before we start to put it all together, put it all together and, um, become more consistent with it. And that's going to happen over time. Brian Lewis, New York Post. In your mind, when you look at some of these games that you guys have played, I mean, Steve was pretty, uh, irritated, seemed a little bit irritated about, uh, the, the appearance that you guys thought this game was over when you were up 15. I'm curious if some of the teams that you've played, maybe that some of the games you've looked at, not you specifically, but the team has looked past some of these so-called lesser opponents. Uh, I want to say that I think you got to give credit to these other teams that's coming in here and playing with assist urgency to start. Um, guys are making shots. I mean, they hit 15 threes tonight. They started off slow shooting threes, but once they got confident, they started to knock them down and we've dug ourselves a hole there. Um, you know, to start the fourth into the third. And, you know, from there, you just give a young team confidence. Uh, but, you know, just got to keep plugging away. Brian Logan, New York Post. Uh, Kevin, you sound like you are really dealing with the circumstances of the quarantine and stuff like that. But then there's a lot of other stuff going on in the world with all the political unrest and stuff. Can you just describe the difficulty that people might be having, uh, handling all these issues on a personal basis and how tough it makes it for a team like yours to come together? I can't speak for everybody. I mean, I don't know how guys are handling and handling this, uh, situation. Um, but guys feel, you know, um, excited to come into work and excited to play. Um, so I really don't know for a fact how guys are feeling right now, but as far as the game is concerned, I think everybody is excited to play and we understand we're under some weird circumstances with COVID, but guys are just, you know, coming to work and being professionals. Christian Winfield in New York. Here we go. Hey, Kevin, you guys did have an early 15 point lead. I'm wondering if you can kind of pinpoint maybe one or two plays where things started to go left and then you are able to swing it back into you guys' favor? Uh, I think, um, Homie Diallo came in and gave him a huge spark off the bench, scoring the ball, getting down here, getting Steele's farm and, you know, just changed the momentum for their team off the bench. And, you know, all Horford probably played his best game of the season two, you know, and, you know, Shai Gil just, you know, give you what he gives you every night, you know, 31 points is seven and six. It's, you know, great for him. So I just feel like they played with each other and played with a nice rhythm and you gotta give them credit. Malika Andrews, ESPN. Hey, Kevin, uh, welcome back. I'm wondering when you were out was one, was there any, I know, I know you've had it, but there's so much we don't know about COVID. Was there any sense of nervousness as you kept continuing to move towards continuing to test negative of, oh gosh, what if this one's positive? And then what activity of any basketball or cardio that you have access to, were you able to do while you were out? Uh, I didn't feel, I didn't feel like I was gonna get cold again. I knew that I had it before I had the antibodies and I didn't come in contact, you know, with too many people. And I felt confident I'll have negative tests and I was able to get some workout at the house and, you know, waves, treadmill, stuff like that, keep me in shape. But it's nothing like game shape and it's good to, you know, I'll be able to get into practice tomorrow with the guys. And it's Schiffer, the athletic. Hey Kevin, you guys had a hard time shooting from three all night. Was that a product of the way they were guarding you guys, since you were the ball in the phone in or something else? Yeah, I think it was just a mixture of both. I mean, they played, they got their hands up on a lot of shots, but they also, we also missed some as well. But for the most part, we just gotta keep shooting with confidence and keep believing in ourselves when we let them fly. Time down, BrooklynNets.com. Hey Kevin, you know, we're about two weeks in here, and I think three quarters of the week is where they're, again, a 500, one way or the other. Do you think that's attributable at all to just some of the circumstances we're talking about and that everybody's kind of looking for consistency and it might be that way for a while? Um, I wouldn't, I don't know, I wouldn't blame it on anything, but I wouldn't pinpoint one thing. I mean, I think it's just, you know, us coming in and figuring out which lineups we're going to play with and which guys they want to, which plays we're going to run on, you know, an offensive side of the ball. Just getting used to each other on both ends, you know, knowing what we're thinking out there on the floor. It takes some time to, you know, understand your teammates, and I think it'll come. Ian Dudley, I send one. And welcome back. Obviously, I'm not going to ask you to speak for Kyrie Irving, but since you're so close with them, you shed any light on, like, how he's doing, his Apple personal reasons of his specific rights? I wouldn't speak on Kyrie. I'll let him do that for himself. You know, so I'm sure you guys will see him soon whenever he comes back and we got, we have, we support him 100% and pray for the best. Last question. Brian Lewis here, close. Hey, Kevin, you mentioned, uh, placing the Apple lineups that work best. I mean, just, rebounding has been an issue, but this is by far the biggest lineup, really, that you guys could put out there on the floor. Do you think that's contributing at all to any of the defensive issues in terms of keeping people, keeping the ball in front of you? No, I think we, uh, I think we could have did a better job at playing one-on-one defense, obviously, but, you know, I think we rebounded the ball pretty well. And, um, it's just a matter of them getting, like you said, getting one-on-one baskets. And sometimes the team is, uh, just better than you doing that. And I think, I think if we focus in or watch a fair tomorrow, guard guys one-on-one, like seeing where we could be better, then we'll, we'll grow and be more consistent in that area. But tonight we got to get credit to the Thunder for going hard at us.