The response.

After struggling and hearing about how much you guys are struggling to come out, I mean, what was your mindset coming in?

You know, focus?

Yeah.

Um, way bounced back pretty well, especially playing top team in the West.

We lost there in a row.

So we're just looking to come out, obviously, get a win and just play with more intensity and more energy throughout the game.

Jason, the play at the rim tonight seemed to be a difference maker, especially if you guys are making your run in that first half.

Building up the big lead Penis can use address what kind of influence he had.

Building that lead and giving you guys that presents under the basket.

Finishing the innocents played great all year.

He's he's a monster down there.

I feel like it gets every offensive rebound and finishes around around, so I definitely get us a spark off the bench.

That that we need, uh, jailings dunk on LeBron.

Give you any flashbacks from a couple years ago.

Your Duncan LeBron will this kind of reaction to that?

I know if that was a hell of a play by do, he's so gifted, especially, you know, athletically, I was surprised.

I don't think he was gonna dunk it, especially vertical school.

Davies.

However, athlete, however, player I must say me, Jason, what is the do just for the confidence for this team getting back in the win column.

But doing it against the Lakers?

Uh, you're getting away in first and foremost, and then especially, you know, Lakers Celtics robbery?

No.

So it's a big win.

Especially, I put losing three or four in a row.

I feel feels good just to get a winning.

Hopefully, we can can build off this in the next game.

What do you think is the difference?

Like you come out in the past three games, you start slow and it all starts to fall apart.

In this game, you come out and still they still built a lead.

But this time you turned around.

What's what's the difference in this game?

You know, just just talking.

Communicate with each other.

No matter of shots, have fallen or not, especially the beginning.

Just stick with it, keep making the right play.

Things eventually turn around, and I think that's what we did today.

Just Kip trying to make the right play.

And no, just play with play with some effort, you know, throughout 48.

Also, this is the first time you've had, like, everybody, for the most part, healthy.

Obviously, Rob's not there, but, like, what's What's the difference here, as opposed to like in past games?

And now you've got you, Jalen Gordon Campbell all on the perimeter there.

How does that feel?

What's the difference there?

Uh, just much more dynamic.

Feel like we're tougher to guard when when myself, JB Kember, smart when everybody's out there, makes it tough for other teams to guard.

It makes it easier for all of us.

You know, there's so many guys that can do something different things out there.

Hopefully, we can continue to stay healthy.

Obviously, we'd love to have ride back, but people roll until he gets back.

Do you know how were you guys able to sustain that early bunch?

Then turn things around?

Um, just by having ball pressure, you know, I'm trying to make it tough.

You know, those guys are really good, A really good team.

So we just tried to make it tough for him all night.

Can you take us through the dunk on LeBron, Uh, just being aggressive.

And I just made a play at the room.

Hang a lot of it.

Was pretty nice.

Was pretty awesome.

Bucket list.

Uh, thank you.

I give it to him.

You definitely did in the playoffs for sure.

But LeBron, he's gotten, you know, so many other guys.

So just to be out there playing against, you know, one of the best players to ever play the game is his honor.

So always like that matchup and obviously me A little extra boost.

I mean, you were screaming before the ball went through the who did you know what was happening?

No, I didn't.

I was just plant high adrenaline, you know, just trying to be aggressive and just made a play.

That's it.

What was different about you guys tonight?

Um, just pushing everything out.

I think that we're fast team.

We got to take advantage of our you know, some of the things that we do best.

So making things tough, pushing guys out, making them stay farther from the rim is like what we got to do to speed the game up and use our advantages.

So we did a good job of that tonight.

Ask him.

It was just a good reminder of what you guys are capable of.

Um, yeah, it's a great reminder.

We gotta hold yourself, hold ourselves accountable to play with this type of energy and type effort every night.

It just can't be against the Lakers.

We got we got to get up and play like that against, you know, Memphis in a few days.

So he's gotta be be able to be resilient, humble, poised, and continue to move forward.

German.

Some feel that you're here in the room.

It felt better as the game started going.

It was bothering me early.

As a game started going, it started loosening up a little bit.

I'm still trying to get some treatment, making sure everything is taken care of.

Honestly, when you dunk the ball, I mean, do you feel that your spring, you journalist puppet, you know, I mean, it's crazy, you know, when you got an adrenaline rush with the mind and the body just completely takes over like I felt nothing.

You know, all my pain and certain points just went away just because your heart's paid pounding so fast.

So no, I don't feel none of my injuries, you know, feeling out e now, question doing Did LeBron Sadie eat anything to you after you guys exchange?

Uh, wait in the stands.

Anywhere is, uh, but we'll get up with the next time.

You can bet.

Brad said that you guys took a pretty tough shot to start the game.

How are you able to bounce back, Turn things around?

I think we felt pretty good, you know, because we were playing hard.

They would make tough plays early in the game.

But, you know, we just kind of regrouped has made a push.

You know, we just kind of never looked back.

Being close to healthy.

Is this what this team, This is what we should be on a on a nightly basis way would like to be.

You know, hopefully you know what we played tonight and this win you can help was built.

You know, in the future, I know how much you love to win.

And I don't want to make it about one man better coming against.

No, really, I'm here.

Everybody's making a big deal to record and stuff But you have the most respectful abroad, and you know he's one of the greatest players of all time.

If anybody him, you know, the guy couldn't be it.

Beat him.

You know, he's such a great player.

He's done so much in this league that has been so far.

So, you know, it just feels good to the win.

I'm more excited about the way we played and the way we came out.

No, especially with the struggles that we had in the past.

Last week's really That's what I'm more excited about.

How badly did you need this reminder way need to?

This is a really important game for us, and we treated like it.

Way executed, you know, just one.

Those games to help was realized how talented we are, how good we can be and pretty much way really been playing.

You know, Hopefully, we could just get back on track.

Kind of Grant talked about films how significant it was for this win.

In your opinion, what is something that resonated with Drew?

The most out of that part of the film session of I think for us was probably are our ball pressure.

You know where we allow teams to kind of operate their offense.

The one we're good and we're back.

We're really good.

No, we're open the basketball teams operating from pretty far out.

Really bad, obviously, is the opposite.

No, tonight we really did that.

You know, we pressure to basketball.

Those guys kind of operating northern far out.

We're just scrambling, helping each other talking, running all over the gym, you know, just just just making a lot of housing plays, just playing the way that we know we stick to the plan.

What's that about energy level?

And what does it do for you guys when it is kind of like, I think it was obviously high because the matchup.

But, you know, it's up to us to kind of continue that, you know, from from here on No, that's That's kind of the things that we're we're looking at.

I know it's just one game.

Can a game like this e think so?

I think so.

But like I said, it just kind of remind off.

You know, how go we can really be, how go we really are and how we were playing in their early in this season.

That's how we was playing.

We had great energy, pressured the basketball.

Just having fun.

No.

Playing with enthusiasm and passion.

Oh, I think I got away from that little can we?

You left in the first quarter back with?

No, it was nice.

It was heat heat, All right.

I wasn't on the sidelines.

Is everything OK?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Final I was a little bit sore, but, I mean, who was not at this point?

No.

Yeah, I'm okay.

Just trying to a good job of just taking care myself.

I know which I will.

So damn fine question together.

Like you said, it's not one on one and a lot of a lot of people a lot of times, but it's great to finally break through question.

He's be a lot of people.

I bet you've not a lot of guys that have a winning record against LeBron James, but I mean, of course I'm happy.

I got one.

At least you know, before he before he goes.

I mean, even though who knows how long you can play?

Because he's just incredible what you mean?

You know there's only 11 28.

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