 song are you humming. I'm just curious. I mean maybe the humming answers my question. But how does it defense. We all know you could score. But how does a defensive performance like that leave you feeling. Yeah. Obviously we feel pretty good just after two. You know. I felt like super sound efforts where we executed the game plan. You know we were sacrificing for one other especially on the defensive end. You know it seemed like we were closing a lot of the gaps to just the level of the tent intensity and attention to detail especially on the defensive end. Probably some of the best. You know possessions quarters that we've had all season. Thank you. Christian Winfield with the New York Daily News. What's going on Joe. I'm wondering if as the competition gets stronger as you go deeper into the playoffs if you look at some of these teams that you're playing as kind of a barometer or a measuring stick for where you guys are and to beat them by I think it's 39 tonight just how how do you guys feel after a win like this. We obviously feel good. But at the same time we know that you know there's still a lot of basketball to be played. Now the whole mindset is not to be complacent or relax is to have the same level focus and preparation going into game three. You know it's going to be a tough environment in Milwaukee. We know that they are definitely going to play a lot better than they did than they did these last two games here in Brooklyn and you know our attention to detail our focus all that has to remain the same going in the game three. Greg Logan with Newsday. Joe how do you guys explain the elevation of defensive effort. Is it scheme is it was it just effort or you know what are you guys doing to play such improved defense compared to the regular season. I think a lot of it is effort just a level of continuity where you know I think as the season has gone on we've improved on the defensive end of that's just you know just the ability to play off of one another. We've always kind of been able to do that offensively just because of the level of talent we have the defense is you know it takes time to get familiar with one another and piece of the other where you know you're playing so in sync that you're covering for each other and you know that combined with the fact that you know high level of intensity high level of preparation and you have defensive efforts like tonight. Tom dad of Brooklyn that's calm. Hey Joe that this was the historic offense during the regular season and it feels like you guys are somehow kicked it up another level what have you seen from you guys been able to find another gear there. I think honestly the a lot of the defense possessions turned into really good offensive possessions when we were able to get a stop and get on transition. You know we're efficient when we're in the half court but we're even more efficient when we're able to get on transition. Sir at so he with the ring here. Hey Joe I was just wondering you know what what your thoughts are on why it is that you guys seem to hum along on offense pretty much no matter who it is it's playing. I think we just have so many talented players in the offense event and we're you know we fit well together the pieces that are out there. And you know you take away one option we just have you know a lot of a lot of counters whatever you know schematics you might might be thrown at you you just have a lot of capable players that play with a lot of confidence. Brian Lewis with the New York Post. Hey Joe I'm curious specifically as regards to Bruce and Blake. I mean how contagious is it the way they have played defense what have they contributed on that end of the court. Yeah they've been awesome. I think you know just level of intensity. You know no matter who Bruce or B. G. is guarding you know they're they're doing all the little stuff where you know you have consistent ball pressure. You have a level of physicality and you know any sort of 5050 ball seems like Blake is getting on it. Guys are sacrificing their body and just you know the level of communication whatever it might be those guys are just you know the constant sort of you know quarterback on that defensive end and you know night like tonight is no different.