 to go. Our Michael Grady caught up with Laverne. Karen's given everything in the last 24 hours. You know, no Kevin, the lineup switch tonight. You know, how satisfying is a is a win like this as a group? It's really satisfying, especially because we played, you know, so well in a defensive end, kind of where we've been struggling at. You know, we feel like we can score with anybody in the league, offensively. We knew that was a matter of time before that came back. But you know, defensively, we weren't on the same page. And I feel like tonight we took a step in the right direction. I know you're motivated each game, but did you feel like you were kind of, you were getting closer to breaking out of your slump? You had 24 and 21 minutes. How close did you feel to breaking out at an end to tonight? Honestly, I never really felt like I was, you know, in a slump. I feel like a slump is like mental, mentally, you know what I'm saying? Mentally, I was good. I was God being good. You know, I've been, you know, sticking to my habits, you know, getting good work in. And my shots all felt good. So I never really felt like I was kind of in a slump. Tonight my shots went in and, you know, I know that'll be sustainable going forward. Greg Logan, Newsday. Karis, when you look at the lineup changes and getting like Joe back on the floor with you, having PLC out there, you guys had 66 bench points. So what did these changes do for you? Because Steve talked about your playmaking before and you had a lot of guys out there to make plays for? Yeah, I'm definitely very comfortable playing with Joe and TLC, you know, putting a lot of chemistry and time with those guys. So I think they're comfortable playing with me as well. So we kind of just have that natural synergy out there on the court and I think it definitely showed tonight. Alex Shiffer, The Athletic. Hey Karis, I got two for you. The turnovers, the defense and the rebounding were some things you guys are struggling with. Just what what about all three of those was better tonight and then what do you think of Jared's game? Well, first with JA, I think, you know, JA is really playing great basketball right now. The whole season he's been playing great basketball. But tonight I think he definitely took a step forward in his own maturation, you know, playing against one of the best defensive centers in the NBA and outplaying him the night, in my opinion. And he played really good basketball tonight for, you know, the whole game. So that was definitely great to see because we know how much he works, you know, behind the scenes and it's been cool to see his development over the past four years now. So from where he was from day one till today, I think he's a totally different player and he's only going to get better going forward. You know, the turnovers were down a lot tonight. I think we really share the ball, knocked down shots and kept it moving. So the offense looked really good tonight. Christian Winfield, New York Daily News. Hey, Keras, I got two from you, two for you as well. One, what have you seen from Bruce, be it in practice or in training camp, that lets you know he was ready to perform the way he did today in the starting lineup? And then two, for you, you started 0-5 and then I believe you made eight of your next nine shots. Just did you, did you feel something switch or did someone say something to you or did you do anything to kind of turn it around? For Bruce, you know, he's been playing hard each and every day in practice. They call it the extra work group. The guys that, you know, get kind of low minutes to, you know, no minutes, some games. He's always in there playing as well as the other guys, you know, who got some minutes tonight. And I feel like everybody was ready. You know, anybody who's called in that position was ready and Bruce got his number called today and he was ready and he really helped us get that win tonight. He was great defensively and offensively making plays as well. So that was used for him, for our team, you know, and for me, honestly, it didn't really affect me. I didn't even know I was 0-5. Like I said, my shots felt good. I had a couple go in and out, a couple that I felt actually dropped. So I mean, like I said, everything, everything has felt good and it's only a matter of time before I had one of these games. Bruce Beck, NBC, New York. Harris, how do you balance being aggressive out there with, with being patient tonight? You were very aggressive and, you know, you scored 11 points more than your average. Um, you know, uh, that's just how I play basketball. Um, with a lot of, you know, um, attacking out there and that's what they need in the second unit. That's what we need as a team in the second unit. Um, so, I mean, that's, that's kind of the spark that I'm going to give for this team for sure. Tom Dowd, Brooklyn Nets.com. Hey, Harris, you know, the start that Kairi got off to tonight with no Kevin was kind of a new group out there with him. How significant was that to just setting the game in the direction that it went? I mean, Kai's been playing like that every game to be honest with you. So, uh, nothing he does kind of amazes us to be honest. It's like, you know, we kind of expect that from him. Um, it was a great start. You know, he took the shots that defense gave him. Um, and he was very efficient out there. He was great at leading as well, talking on the defensive end, talking us through plays on offense as well. Uh, with the new group he was out there with. Um, I think that's, you know, that's really underrated playing with the new group out there. You know, Bruce, that was his first time playing first start this year. Um, and I mean, it looked very seamless offensively, so I think Kai should get a lot of credit for that for sure.