 They gave us everything we asked for, things that I've been talking to you guys about last night and today, effort, fight, connectivity, and what I've been telling them is that you can't be having fun the way we're playing. So tonight, there's a lot of smiles, a lot of joy, there's a lot of passion for their teammates and their job, and so just that is something to build on. So I was proud of them for bringing it. We asked for it and they delivered and that's a great sign. I know this kind of goes without saying, but how important will it be and it will be the key to modeling this up and carrying this on the road for this West Coast trip? Yeah, it's something to build on. You'd like to say, now we've got to sustain it and the next game has got to be outstanding again. It's inch by inch. Step by step. Just keep growing, keep getting better. Be prepared for a tough trip out West. This is a great way, a great getaway game for us to bring that type of mentality and toughness and just build on it. That's it. The NBA is not like that. We're like, now we're going to play like this for the last 40 games. We know that's not how it works. It is something to build on. It's something that gave us a glimpse into what we're capable of when our approach is right, when we're connected and when we fight. You can still lose games, but you can sleep at night when you give it that effort and energy and you know that you're going to get better even if you lose. That was the key thing. We got better tonight. We delivered with the energy and the fight and that's something to build on. Brian Lewis with the New York Post. Hey Steve, this is two-fold. Just following up, you said having fun, did you get the impression that this team might have been getting a little tight as these games were going on and the performances weren't what they expected? And secondly, I'm just curious, whom, if anybody, was the most vocal in there in terms of the locker room guys about kind of getting the message across and echoing what you had been saying? I thought Jeff Green was great with the guys. He spoke after the last game. He spoke today when they made their run in the second half. He's definitely been the voice of reason I think for us this year in the locker room, so he provides a lot with his experience and the respect he deserves. It's going to take a lot of guys stepping up and being the one that has to be the ignition on different nights. Sometimes with your voice, sometimes with your play and I just think that Jeff's voice was important but the guys all stepped up and tried to ignite our performance and that's what it's going to take because it's a collective energy, it's a collective commitment and a willingness to go the extra mile. I thought DJ was fantastic tonight, played a lot of minutes, did a great job on an All-Star Center and that type of effort and performance was pivotal for the win. Greg Logan with Newstay. Steve, that's exactly what I was going to ask about because it looked like last night you had a conversation with DJ. Was there something that you said to him last night that maybe sparked that kind of effort particularly in the first half? From honest, it was an emotional night last night, I think DJ and I got upset at each other for a minute. I know DJ got upset a few times during the game so I'm proud of him because he bounced back with an incredible attitude, effort and performance tonight. Last night was tough on all of us and for him to come back and be a veteran leader and presence with that type of effort and energy and extended minutes against an All-Star Center was outstanding. Bruce Beck with NBC New York. Steve, you've thrown a lot of stuff at us the last couple days, connectivity, personal pride, attitude, togetherness, competitive spirit, but does it really all boil down to bringing it? Is that the big message? Yeah, I mean all those things are kind of connected in some way, right? So it's our approach, you know, whatever thesaurus we want to pull out and take advantage of by all means, but you're right, you know, however you want to word it it's just having the right approach attitude and competing and you know there's layers to that of course but it is fairly simple as well and so I thought tonight they were outstanding with their approach and you can tell from the start they were locked in and when they are locked in you see what they're capable of. Christian Winfield with the New York Daily News. Hey coach, I mean I guess these questions are kind of all along the same vein but only 104 points for you guys tonight, Jeff Granger, 3 of 11, James shoots 4 of 13, Kyrie 2 of 6 from the field, you guys still pull out the win, is this just more proof, you know, adding to the proof that even if you guys aren't as sharp as you can be offensively as the defense that's going to pull through at the end? I wouldn't get carried away Christian, but you know we'd love to continue to build our defense and and be able to win games with our defense at times. I think we're a ways from that but hopefully that that is a place we can get to at some point. You know tonight I think part of our offensive roles was just the second half, you know, that's tough sometimes and you have a big lead, the other team's playing free because they think the night's over, the game's lost and so they're kind of desperate and have the freedom because they have nothing to lose, you know. So that can be difficult, they played, you know, hard and loose and I think we were trying to manage a lead instead of extending a lead, which is natural and I think that happens in our game so I thought the offense was pretty good in the first half and the second half it was a matter of dealing with the state of the game, you know, what was occurring in the game and that was them having to race back and nothing to lose so but you're right our defense was the star of the game and I think that just proves that we're capable but you know every team poses a different challenge, every night has a different bounce and tonight though we did our job. And last question, Alex Schiffer with the Athletic. Hey Steve, it feels longer than this but it's four weeks ago today you guys traded for James and you said early on about how he's still getting into back in a shape just in the near month that you've had him or so, how much progress has he made in that department to you? I think there's definite progress, you know, he plays a lot of minutes and does a lot of things for us so I'd say, you know, he's definitely I think we accidentally unmuted you there. Sorry, got me him. Yep, got you now, thank you. No problem. You know, I think he's in a much better shape than when he got here. I think he could probably get in better condition as the season goes as well. What did we say? Yeah, I mean, you know, it's funny four weeks already. I think Kevin and Kai and James have played five and a half games of you include the Raptors games together. So it's kind of astonishing in one respect to have him for a month basically in that they've only played five games together if I'm right. So we're five and a half, six games. So lots of time but but we got to get going here and hopefully get all three of them on the court and our complete roster for the time being going and try to build and continually improve even with the small, small margins, small improvements, regardless of our record, if we keep getting better, I think we got a chance to be a special team.