Maybe the requisite stops to close this one out earlier.

Um, you know, they DeAndre Honda.

The ball was in his hands a lot tonight.

Um, you know, he either made Cem Cem shots and created things for himself.

Gallinari got going.

They put more shooting out there.

Um, you know, we just got to be better defensively, maybe keep the ball in front of us more file less, but you know, Atlanta.

They executed.

They made some tough shots, you know, They hung.

They keep playing, They're well coached.

They keep coming.

Obviously, Bobby had 21 tonight off the bench.

It feels like in wins, he really gets gone.

And then in some of the games that you guys have fallen short, he hasn't able to get going.

What do you kinda have to try to do to get it more consistent out of Bobby on a night in night out basis?

Uh, you know, I mean, I think Bobby is is taking everything you could get, You know, it's just the flow of the game.

Sometimes, you know, he gets a lot of baskets without us just really playing through him.

And so maybe we play throw him a little bit more.

But there's there's just a lot of guys on our team, and I love the way plays is kind of in the flow.

And some nights, some nights it gets him.

Some nights it does, and I don't know that we wanna over work, um, to make sure he's getting it.

But there is certainly a point where you know, he can score and get the ball.

Um, and you know, we need to just keep looking for that.

Maybe integrating it.

Same with Brooke.

Jim Ozersky, like, uh, mentioned a little bit earlier with, you know, having the ball in Hunter's hands, obviously their 2nd and 3rd leading scores.

Not like you don't know who they were, but did it change anything with kind of the late I don't want, I guess, scratches, for for those guys.

I mean, Lloyd, you know, pre game was saying, Well, I don't know yet.

So did that maybe throw a wrench in some things early?

I mean, you know, I mean, certainly we spend a lot of time.

We actually kind of when I did our walk through our practice or are prepped for Atlanta yesterday.

So we spent a lot of time entree young and you know, he's one of the elite young players in our league.

But you know, you have to you have to be prepared to adjust.

And, um, you know, Hunter did a nice job.

He's a good young player and we got to be a little bit better.

A little bit tougher on him is, um, I guess there's teams go on runs.

You know that that's not new.

But they didn't have, you know, Ah, 14, 4 spurt or anything like that.

It was just kind of basket for basket.

Is that Mawr frustrating?

I guess for you guys when there just isn't consecutive stops on your end.

And it's just basket after basket and kind of trading off to a degree.

Yeah, I mean, you know, like I think in the opening question three quarters with 30 plus points, that's just 115 total.

Um, you know we need to be a lot better defensively.

George Stephenson, coach, Expanding Not just with Bobby, but the entire bench.

They had 47 collectively.

How does it change the game when they're contributing offensively?

Yeah.

I mean, it's a big boost.

I thought that was a big part of us getting, Ah, big early lead, you know, kind of early through the second quarter two.

So, um, you know, those guys played well.

Obviously, we talked a lot about Bobby, but I thought Pat Coddington did a lot of things.

Well, D j Augustine brand Tory got to play tonight s o.

That group was good.

Quick, follow up.

Just about Tory.

What did you see from him tonight?

It was just good for him to get some minutes and, um, you know, play early in the game and, you know, just start toe kind of find his way and in a game setting and with the better, you know, maybe playing with Brooke and Chris and Drew or, you know, a little bit with Johannes and, um, you know, certainly is somebody that we really value.

And it was just good toe.

Get him out on the court tonight.

One more Decane.

Pittman.

Hey, Bob.

I know you spoke about the defense a little bit there, but one number that you probably be happy with.

There's only 30 points in the paint for Atlanta.

It's been a little bit up and down this season as you've been trying some different things.

I was just wondering what you're saying from Brook Lopez tonight in the paint there.

And I guess so far this season as well from a broader perspective.

Yeah.

You know, I mean, I think Brooke maybe early was still, I think without the training camp or without the ramp up was maybe not his normal style.

But tonight felt like, you know, he had a lot of possessions where he made it really hard in the paint.

Um, that's where you know they had I do feel like they had a lot of tough shots.

Um, and you know, some guys I don't know how many threes John Collins had, but, you know, he made a couple.

I mean, I know Solomon Hill made at least one early, so But I thought the paint, you know, protecting the paint, playing there.

Um you know, Brooke, I thought Yanis had a big block in the first half.

Set the tone a little bit, eh?

So we just need to keep working on that.

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