 20 shooting from the field for Kyrie. Four rebounds and eight assists. Let's hear from him post game with the median Michael Grady. Hey Kyrie you know when you have a game with great scores on both sides you expect a high score on a fair. That said though you know when you look at the defense what would you attribute you know some of those issues too that you'd like to correct. I mean it seems like every game we play we're battling just some some things that the game flow can sometimes bring you you know whether it be some calls going your way whether it be some high score quarters they score 48 in the fourth quarter I don't know if we're going to get many wins if we allow 48 points in any quarter so you know it's a tough night when you're giving up that many points and it's a tough night when you you know you're not particularly you know doing the little things that could create some separation you know down the stretch we we had that game that should have been ours so you know we just look ourselves in the mirror and just see where we can correct as individuals and as a group you know just especially on the effort you know I couldn't guard a stick today you know those guys were just going right around me and you know I was getting frustrated a little bit but they kept attacking and that's what good teams do and good scores do so. If you could take us in the locker room what's the communication like amongst teammates when again there are struggles defensively some miscues down the stretch there's a lot of veterans in that locker room what's the communication like as you refocus. Well number one is just reminding Joe Harris and NTLC that stuff happens and it's not their fault you know that was just a microcosm of what the game was was like tonight you know we had the lead we were pretty comfortable and then down the stretch we we just still got to be hungry until the zeroes on the clock and as you saw Washington was very desperate and we expected him to play well tonight you know anytime the team goes up against us we expect him to start hitting things that you know you got to give respect but at the same time is going against a good Brooklyn S team so we just take this one in the chin and keep him moving. Greg Logan with Newsday. Kyrie 72 points in the paint that you guys gave up you know you're you're undersized a little bit you lost a lot of size in in the trade do you think that that's a persistent issue that needs to be addressed somewhere going down the line in this season. We'll see we'll see like I said we have the group that we have in our locker room right now I'm grateful to be playing every day with them and you know though we'll allow the outsiders say we're undersized we believe that we should be you know winning every single game based upon our effort and based on you know our offense offensive fire power so you know obviously the high test you know we're not necessarily passing in terms of having all the the big guys in the league but like I said we just got to match other teams effort and we've been doing that lately and you know successful road trip and now we get back home and play against a good clippers team. Ryan Lewis with the New York Post. Hey Kyrie I mean you kind of alluded to it but I mean obviously when you're up 18 at any point and five with 12 seconds left you would think you would win that game but do you think that kind of thought process crept in earlier than it should have like maybe you guys added in your brain okay this we've got this sorted away. Well I can't I can't speak for everybody in the group you know particularly what they're thinking but I could say that you know down the stretch that's that's where we really really got to make our mark and we usually do and tonight like I said stuff happens and we got to take this one on the chin it's no one's fault if anything you know we individually take our own efforts where we can be better and then we move forward. Malika Andrews with ESPN. Kyrie are you one how are you assessing that last sequence Bradley Beal hitting the 380 and then pass steal and then that three from Russell Westbrook and then secondly are you looking at that as the culprit of this loss or was it a more of a we shouldn't have been in that position and you're kind of looking at the breakdowns before that. Yeah like like I said it was a microcosm of the night and I would never put blame on anybody you know not one person can take you know one play that could dictate the game you know we were we were up by five and we lost the game and and that's okay you know like I said stuff happens but we cannot continue to make a habit out of late game situations and not being you know aware of the execution we need down the stretch so it's a tough one it's a tough one but on the chin because we definitely like you said we definitely had the lead down the stretch and we want to finish that strong but it's okay. Thank you. Christian Winfield with New York Daily News. Hey Kyrie can you break down that last inbound play from your perspective when you have KD you got TLC and he just described will go through what your decision-making process was on that. Well they doubled on KD from the from the baseline side and the top side and I was just trying to use my eyes and kind of my ball fake to get the defense to bite and soon as I saw them bite a little bit going to KD I threw it straight to TLC had a great chance to make a left hand layup unfortunately didn't go down but I like our odds in that situation and also you know making that shot they would have had to come down they had no timeouts could have gone either way but but it didn't go our way tonight and like I said it's not TLC's fault it's more or less a couple plays before then I feel like we could have separated a little bit more you know in terms of getting that getting that way.