 coach first thing it's not every day you see 32 oh and fast break points in that disparity in that department just your reaction to it and what would you attribute it to well I mean I think you know we turned them over quite a bit tonight they had 19 turnovers so that got our break going but we want to run we want to push the ball so that's a good sign you know a lot of activity defensively we didn't we made our fair share of mistakes we made up for it with activity and got a got a lot of hands-on balls and deflections and things like that that spurred our break even though you know both teams didn't have their full complement of players how do games like this that go down to the wire how do these prepare you for the postseason yeah you know I think it's good to go through those end of game situations whether you're trying to get the ball in and get fouled or you're trying to take away a three-point shot at the end of the game so you know I think we we obviously get up gave up the Pritchard three that we didn't like but we got the ball in and executed on all our get-ins so that was positive made free throws you know it was there was a lot of positive things in our performance and then there was some sloppiness as well and I let them back in the game but overall a win is a win and this is a group that's a little bit tired and under manned and so I'm proud of them for getting the win Alex shiffer with the athletic hey Steve I got two for you just would you make of Kyrie's game you know it was a tough night from offensively but it seems like he made up for it in a lot of different areas yeah I mean he kind some steals assists you know didn't have his typical scoring night but you know it's it's a few and far between that he doesn't you know score the ball at a prolific rate so he did he was I thought he definitely disrupted the basketball defensively and overall he draws a lot of attention so I thought he was great in a lot of different ways than we're accustomed to and I thought his teammates really picked him up as well and then just in the second quarter you guys really got going offensively just what do you think changed there that once you guys got going you didn't really stop after that you know I thought we picked up our pace you know we started to play faster started to make quick decisions put them in difficult decision-making positions and you know I think that sparked us Greg Logan with newsday Steve in the third period it seemed like you were just kind of treading water there for a while you had like five turnovers yourself and then all of a sudden you got that I think it was a 10-0 burst to kind of break it open was there anything you were emphasizing on defense there that kind of triggered that no I just thought we played a little sharper you know we think we forced some turnovers we were in the right spots we made less mistakes with our decision-making defensively that led to the turnovers so it was a cleaner stretch defensively and I fueled our break Christian Winfield with the New York Daily News Coach what do you remember about Kyrie as a defender from your years playing and do you think some of the criticism that he's gotten on the defensive end has been fair like what have you made of his defensive performances this season as you know when he's engaged you know I think he can be you know very good defensively you know that that's that's it when he's you know when he's engaged and you know at that end of the floor he has energy he can be excellent defensively on dad Brooklyn at calm hey Steve will similar to Alex's question but aside from Kyrie you know Bruce Brown filled up the box board DJ filled up the box floor when you're under man a little bit like this how important is it to get those kind of across the board contributions from a bunch of guys you can't win without it and I think that's why we're in the position we're in because we've had I think 33 different starting lineups you know we've had different rotations different combinations on the floor and guys who had to buy into the way we want to play and play for one another and so you know every night it's got to be someone else that steps up and and you know has opportunities but also fits in to what we want to do and so I think that speaks to the you know the spirit of the group and you know the willingness to try to pick each other up and to not worry about themselves but to worry about the group and that's been fantastic so a lot of good performance on a DJ was great at thought Bruce although he has been foul trouble did a lot of great things for us as usual and you go down the line guys made place for us tonight James Herbert with CVS sports hey Steve was an unusual situation from Mike James you said pregame you hadn't even met him yet what'd you make of his shot making it in the fourth those back-to-back plays made and then just you know how we handled the situation more generally I thought he did great you know it's not an easy position to to come in and meet your teammates for the first time and play an NBA game on national TV so you know he's been in the league before obviously and he's he's had a terrific season in Europe so we know he's a talented player you know he obviously can score the ball but I was really impressed with his pace his ability to draw and kick and make you know make the offense run faster and just create openings for his teammates actor Greg Logan with Newsday Steve we don't get to talk to you tomorrow so I just wanted to ask if you still follow the Suns very much and what you think of the challenge you face against an offensive powerhouse like that on Sunday when the Suns are as good as anybody in the league this year they've been unbelievable so we have a huge challenge you know we're again going to be undermining and have to step up and play together and fight and have that winning spirit so we got our hands full on Sunday their team I think is two days off so for us to to real to to run it back early on Sunday against the really top teams gonna be a great challenge thanks so much coach we appreciate it good night