 Take a look at this Nick Klaxon in his career He had one game with 20 or more points over his first 134 career games He's got 20 or more his last five games and over his last three as we mentioned earlier in the postgame He set new career highs tonight with 27 and moments ago. He met the media Nick I guess for starters, what did you see is the reason why things went left? 43 points in the third quarter You know 30 points pretty much every quarter of the game. That's just too many points So as a collective unit, we just need to do a better job of really just accepting the challenge of guarding them ball and Just taking pride in getting stops and rebounds Would you say the spirit of the group is still high even though the loss have kind of piled up recently? Yeah, it's no reason to put our heads down. I mean It's fixable. I mean, it's it's a little more effort Rebounding and we're scoring points offensively, you know, we're knocking down shots We just got to get those those timely stops and time to rebounds Jock gave us a little anecdote before about you being in the cold tub with Royce after the game in Philly Just talking about your professionalism, you know, given your success this year Is that you know something you feel like you've picked up more as you've gone into the league? Got been in the league or are you doing anything different this year? Or is that just something you've always had with your game? Yeah, that's that's how I've always been Since I've since I've been in the league and even in college, I've always taken my body very serious I mean, I've had some unfortunate injuries along the way, but No things are just clicking right now getting stronger and just growing into my body and My process has pretty much been the same just taking care of my body on off days after games I mean, he's always ready you definitely need guys like that I can step up whenever they're The name is called and he's always in attack mode. He doesn't it doesn't matter who's on the court He's getting downhill. He's playing extremely hard picking up full court. And he's a he's a selfless guy He's a team guy and it's definitely great to have him here on the team Does that open up? I guess maybe like rebounding opportunities for you on the offensive glass. It's like, what does that do for you? Yeah, rebounding and he'll also get in there driving and kick it to me. So it's definitely I'm off We have a pretty good, you know thing going he drives in and a lot of times He'll draw in the big and I'm there ready to finish and like you said, I'm also ready to get the offensive rebound feasts to miss it Nick I've noticed that the team can struggle on the defensive glass when you're switched out on the perimeter Do you ever feel kind of caught in between your responsibility to go get a block and be on the glass? Yeah, and Definitely sometimes when I get switched out I always have to make sure I'm coming back to help us rebound because you know that can be a weak spot for us and I have to have a Good judgment. Sometimes I need to leave some of those shots that guys are taking and just play the numbers game and Stay there for the rebound instead of going for the block and getting out of position giving up offense to rebound Some I've gotten better at but I gotta continue to work on it Nick Jack was talking before the game about utilizing the time at home We've spent a lot of time on the road and recently how important is that especially with sort of the stretch you guys are in and everything That's going on without Katie on the court and also with the next coming in here in the next game on Saturday Yeah, that'll be a fun game, but oh, yeah, it's definitely it's good to have a homestand. We've been on the road We've had some a tougher road stretch. We you know, we we got a couple of wins And we have a lot of things that that we can take from that that last trip and even tonight just positive You know, you can't even though we lost week We got a you know, look at look at the bright side and look at the film and get better and it's good Be with our fans for these next few games. Do you pay attention to 2k ratings? Yeah, I saw my 85. Yeah, I feel like that that's like a big number for 2k when you get that 85 What does that mean to you? I mean, it's about right. I grew up playing a lot of 2k. So 85, you know, I get it up through on 87 88 by the end of the year 85 is it's respectable Nick Nick along those lines. I mean you're driving you're finishing hooks You're doing things that we haven't seen a lot from you in the past. Have you been waiting for, you know This opportunity to show that you can do more for this team. I mean Have I been waiting? I mean, it's just it's opportunity Just confidence. I don't want to say I've been waiting because I mean I can do this with the same stuff with Katie on the court. Just picking my spots being assertive being aggressive I mean, I'm in a good flow right now and I'm just just being just being aggressive having fun and It's unfortunate we we lost but you know my individual success I got to keep keep growing every single game doing what I'm doing Just going off what you were talking about before about being kind of caught in between Switching rebound and having to make some decisions play the numbers game Do you think you being caught in those situations says something about how important Kevin is with what you guys do defensively? Kevin being You know Well him going out unfortunately today with an injury is tough and when we lose losing our our size and yeah We definitely miss him out there on the court on the defensive side of the ball Big time and another guy with no another Footer with length and helps with rebound and protecting the rim But we you know we have our group where whoever's out there on the court That's what we got to roll with and we got to figure it out Yeah, well Claxton Frank said it'll be a fun one on Saturday against the Knicks It always is the Knicks are going to be looking for a little payback for that Woodshed beating the Nets gave them early in November, but it should be a fun one. Yeah I don't know the 2k ratings of anybody on the Knicks or the Brooklyn Nets But that game is going to be competitive. There's a rivalry there. Nick fans will try to invade Barclay Center Tom Tibbet will have that team ready to play jock phone will have his group ready to play a big question now for the Brooklyn Nets Do you get Ben Simmons on Saturday and do you get TJ Warren as well? And we'll see what kind of condition Nick Claxton and Kerry Irving are in because they've been playing a lot putting up big numbers You mentioned before about Nick Claxton his last five games. Yeah, and I know I'm gonna get myself in trouble for this Do you realize that two of those games were second night of a back-to-back? How does he do it? I don't know. How is he able to do it? It's like the legs How are we making excuses for Kyrie Irving and it clacks and they're going out there giving everything they have Second night of a back-to-back. It can be done Kyrie Irving and it clacks improved it. Everyone needs to follow suit I'm not just talking about net players. I'm talking about all over the league