 They lost KD about four minutes in so obviously a heavier load for everybody else including Kyrie. Twenty points for him but 0 for four in that fourth quarter. Let's hear what Kyrie Irving has to say. Hey Kyrie up six with three and a half to go. What was your assessment from an execution standpoint when you guys down the stretches Miami closed the game on an A-F-L run. You know I felt like we were in the right positions. You know let them get comfortable most of the game. So they were playing well hitting a lot of shots you know so you got to give credit like I always say but you know there was some definitely some preventable plays out there that I feel like we just could have been better including myself down the stretch when they came to double. I felt like I could definitely could have made those last three shots just definitely trying to create some separation towards the end of the game but if just didn't come up with it and then you know they capitalized on it so it definitely took advantage of the spots where you know we either took long shots or we missed the shot and they pushed in transition and got some got some easy looks. I know from a team standpoint you guys professionalist next man up but on a personal level you know when your teammate and friend Kevin has to deal with another another injury. You know how much do you feel for men on a personal level. Just it's just timing of everything this season this year just been the tails outside of what life is right now in terms of just the uncertainty of a lot going on. Anything can happen any moment so you don't want to take any anything for granted. But anytime one of our teammates goes down anytime something like that happens it's definitely going to take a hit for us. It's just gotten back so we just pray that it's not too serious and he's able to recover but it definitely has a hit on our continuity at times but we don't want to make any excuses for each other or all professionals you know guys that are getting minutes right now you know we need them so it's going to it's going to turn eventually but we just got to kind of find that that continuity that connectivity from the start of the game to then Greg Logan with Newsday. Kyrie after KD went out of the game it felt like you were constantly double and triple teamed what did that allow their defense to do in terms of the attention that they paid to you and trying to get the ball out of your hands. I mean it's the smartest thing they can do is double me get the ball out of my hands make other guys beat us but you know I have the most confidence in my teammates to be able to make the right plays and I felt like we were in the right spots for a good part of the game but when we start off we give up the over 60 points in the first half you know which is kind of just bringing the physicality in the second half rather than the first half you know we've kind of got to speed up and at times I felt sped up which I feel like when I watch through them later tonight or tomorrow see some opportunities where I can attack it early the double team but also continue just to trust my teammates to make the right decisions you know they do a great job of that so. Malinka Andrews with ESPN. Aria I feel like earlier in the season when we talked about injuries it was the sentiment of we'll get it out of the way so we can be healthy when it counts. Has the mentality shifted at all as you guys are still kind of experiencing this and grappling with this late in terms of well maybe this is just going to be our reality? Yes to your question it's just a reality that we have to accept but you know we're asking a lot of guys to do some superior things some superhuman things you know to play back to backs you know to play three and four nights or to play you know six and eight nights or nine nights whatever the schedule may be and then you just got to deal with what comes with that at times we just want guys to be smart take care of their bodies do as needed to prepare you know for the main stage which is you know the playoffs which is to be as healthy as we can but we still got to you know maintain a focus and a goal to get more connected as a group before we do head into the playoffs so when guys are getting hurt you know on any team it's definitely going to take a hit in terms of the camaraderie just building consistent you know we have a lineup that works and then one guy goes out two guys go out so just adjusting to that reality so I agree with you know kind of your question it's just yeah it's just a reality