 there were you tweaking ankle to what happened to that I just went up for a shot my regular post-up and I think it was cam and cam Johnson went underneath me a little bit and my just stepped on his foot and rolled my ankle a little bit kept playing nothing serious was available for a second half just the decision was made to keep me out so basically the game because the game was what it was there's no need to come back on a back-to-back road home you know it's always a little bit tough this is a game where teams in this position might just kind of take off what does it say about you guys that you're able to kind of focus come out right away and kind of like not let up and keep building the lead throughout I think this game like said a lot about us you know not an easy game to get like going mentally but you have to give credit to Joe and the coaching staff for getting us ready you know as players we kind of okay most likely we're gonna win especially at home you know you can have those kind of thoughts but I think Joe did a really good job of getting everybody ready for the game and we came out and we we right away we just were our foot on the on the gas and and and didn't let up and play great defense great communication maybe made the game a little bit like boring for the fans because we went up so you know so many points early on but but I think the fans have to appreciate that kind of game also that we're just we're just you know stepping on those guys and and not letting up and speaking of Joe it's his hundredth win as a coach in a season and a half so I mean I know you've only been here for the half but just impressions of him throughout this point I mean I don't want to I want to say it's compared to thing you know in the past but like you've been around a little bit just what are your kind of thoughts I think just seeing how like people view him maybe from the outside a little bit I think he's very underrated like people don't appreciate who who he is and how he coaches because he's very young you can always like blaming on him and stuff like that but but he's very underrated as a coach very underrated and and different and and and and yeah I think I think I think people don't see who he really is and how he coaches and and and it's easy to not give him the credit because of the talent that we have no but but he deserves a lot of credit he does deserve a lot of credit than the rest of the coaching staff also deserves a lot of credit Chris it's always easy to have fun when you blow teams up but you seem like you've been smiling ever since you got to Boston Joe during a recent game said he came in the huddle and told some jokes in a third quarter when you guys are down encourage you guys to play free have some fun how much fun are you guys having this season with the balance of like obviously you're trying to stay competitive but like you're obviously new to this team just how fun has it been to be part of this group in this run no definitely and it made sense because we're like whenever we're not maybe like just running through the other team we're almost like like this is a close like this is a game you know like we're like we're kind of like our energy is a little bit down and I think at that moment it made sense for us to be like this this is basketball we're not gonna be perfect every game we're not gonna you know be up all the time and and so it made sense to just ease up the mood and just kind of go out there have fun play hard and and and and so yeah him making I don't remember the joke I was like a little bit far away than here but but he was he tried something and just to ease up the mood a little bit and and that's what we needed in that moment you know we came out I think was Washington game right then we play much better second half so yeah it's I think it's we always have to try to put things in perspective where we're not supposed to you know be up all the time and just win easy there's gonna be tough games and tough games against teams that are not maybe don't like like they're not are equals no record wise or anything like that so it's it's on us to come every game and and prove it like with you tonight do you do you throw any jokes around you leave that Joe I leave it Joe just as when you're as good as you guys have been in the first half Joe's talked about holding yourselves to a high standard being tough on yourself what things do you look at for the second half and say we still need to improve at this we still got to be better at that like I do you know when you're this good still find ways to improve that's a good question I think yeah we we I think like what happens to us it's just like human nature you know we we go up in the first half for number one like first and second quarter I think and then we're 20th in the third and fourth let's say I don't know this exact the numbers but it's just natural you know you go up and it's it's it's tough to have that like we always say oh you want to have the killer instinct and just go out there and just keep like yeah it's it's easier said than done you know it's all five guys need to be connected and and whenever there is a like big game big moments were of course we are locked in and we're doing 100% of what we need to do but tonight was actually a good like step forward for us you know we we didn't let up at any moment all the guys I think who came in like gave us something right away and I like that like we put in the rookie like Jay Walsh was in early on like kind of just you know fresh fresh guys like early on and and I think that's a good thing to do for us to kind of to keep a sharp throughout the game and and and yeah I think Joe was really good at like reading those kind of things and reading also the psychology of you know the player and making the moves like necessary for us to to keep playing at a high level I was gonna ask what you did think of Jordan Walsh is you know first real minutes yeah I think he will say it like he didn't have his best game we know I know him I've seen him in practice and stuff and I know he's capable of having much better game but you could see his potential defensively you see but he's potential like offensively because of his of his body and his athleticism and and and and what I like the most about him is like not afraid at all he's got their shoots be he's attacked he's aggressive attacking and and if he keeps having this kind of mindset like it's only matter of time until he has starts to get like consistent success Chris stops for you now that we are at the proverbial halfway point I know Joe doesn't like to talk about expectations but just what were you expecting coming in and how has the reality shaped up to that coming to this team yeah and the environment and everything that goes along with it now of course coming in I understood like this is like we're a championship caliber team you know and what is expected is to win you know or the goal is to win and and coming in here you know there are things that are being done differently and and at a much love higher standard than on other teams that I've been on and and and I think yeah from from the top down it's just a really high-level organization and and us as players we we feel that and we know that we have to show up every each and every night and and I mean there's there's like many like small things that I could point out but overall I would say that it's just it's it's it's been as somebody said earlier I haven't stopped smiling you know being here I just enjoy being here so much and and and and to be in this kind of organization playing for these kind of fans it's you know it's unreal and yeah go ahead yeah no I more or less understood how how the dynamic would be yeah I think yeah I think I came in with an open mind I'm here to like do what's do what's asked of me or what's you know whatever I can do to help this team win and and and that can change from game to game things like that so I'm just with an open mind and you know with the message that I'm just here to help and help us win presented by your New England Ford dealers built for America built Ford proud