How's the ankle holdup of raw?

And what was Kim still playing through it?

So what?

How's the ankle?

And what was Kim still playing through?

That was tonight.

Us.

Find stuff happens just any time.

Obviously, with me and ankles, it's kind of a little different kind of conversation.

But I'm feeling good ready for Sunday and don't stuff.

And Killian's hip, it's go.

Chronicle of speaking of Sunday.

How do you handle the turn around you guys?

This is the longest you've been pushed in the first round.

Siri's and does your familiarity with Houston.

Help definitely helps, but we're not that old quick turnaround.

You should be all right.

No, you know, obviously it was not ideal in terms of what opportunity we had after game during Game five, but came down here took care of business.

I say we have a pretty good sense of what Houston likes to do.

Be subtle nuances will have to adjust to.

But, uh, like the momentum we created tonight and hopefully that will carry over to Sunday with our defensive effort.

Obviously, what Katie did tonight was unbelievable.

He's in a groove right now, and usually the best thing for a guy playing like that.

Just keep playing.

So take care of our body.

Tomorrow I have an opportunity to look at some film and talk about some of, you know, the game plan going into Siris.

And they just play hard on Sunday.

Try to get off on a good foot.

Hey, Steph.

Uh, the Clippers.

They played you guys tough.

You know, it took you to six.

Landry Shannon was on your hip.

All Siri's.

What kind of can you guys take from this?

Siri's into Houston.

The intensity was raised.

How can you guys really go forth and just take care of business?

Honestly, this six games felt like it was two months in terms of all the different adjustments and emotional roller coaster from game to their comeback.

Thio losing Game five and how we bounced back in between so testes, they played amazing, you know, really made us.

You know, I have to raise our level of play.

And tonight we did that.

So we talk about all the time like every playoff series in order to win whether it's a suite with us and 56 or seven, it is tough and every game is hard.

And we needed that That test, you know, uh, understand what?

It's gonna be like the rest of the rest of the way.

So I like the way that we responded when it was necessary.

And for us, the biggest lesson is obviously trying to take care of home court better than we have.

And, you know, our defense.

Usually helping your wins games force Games two and five were terrible in defense of enemy lost.

You know, the rest of them were were solid and made him work, and we want.

So it's pretty pretty simple at that point.

Hey, stuff, Chris Fantasy sports game.

You mentioned defense being key going against Houston.

You guys think that you guys are more focused on trying to sell them down or you guys just think it's gonna be a fast pace.

Three point shoot out, Uh, the entire series.

I mean, we know how they play.

They shoot a lot of theories, but no lie there.

Playmaking is just to James and CP.

So there were amazingly talented offense of players, very savvy gamesmanship.

Is that a high level?

So all those things we've experienced before We'll be ready for it.

Then a day gotta make him work, Making take tough shots where they make a miss, you know, make him defend on the other end and very similar this series.

I think every game is gonna be a full 48 of focus.

And oh, you know it's gonna be fun Staff Michael door to NBC or here.

We talked about it after game for just the record of wins in the playoffs.

On the road, you guys win all three year, six straight, dating back to last season.

What is it about you and your team going into a hostile environment that just get yourself upto play?

I think we just thrive in those situations in terms of understanding.

You know, we have the talent and the experience in their composure to play on the road and then in a day, you know that atmosphere we kind of live for.

It's weird the way of playing the Siri's home versus away, but then a day did what we needed to do.

So we want to play better home, continue the the the level of play that way, do on the road and from there.

We set ourselves up first for success in this next round.

So, um, I don't know.

It's my best answer for it.

Hey, um, Gareth Work, NBC Sports Area Looked like the communication was really good tonight, even to a degree where you guys were hyping each other.

I think it was at half time that you and Katie were talking.

Do you remember what you said to him when he had those 38 points?

And just how were you guys, like, cohesive tonight and communicating?

They just, uh, hammering down on what?

Our intentions and were coming into this game.

No, I will.

Okay.

He's been playing, trying to get him in spies that he could, you know, take advantage of the defense and certain matchups, But the pace that we were playing and kind of the balance of everybody getting involved, you know, he was He was dominant all night, but when he didn't have the ball in his hands, I was coming off pick and rolls dream.

I was making plays.

Uh, you know, Clay was a threat.

Andre was finishing up the room and then that I always kind of sparked by our defense of effort and being on the same page in a day by languages.

Great energy was great from the start, and we got out of our own way a little bit.

Um, and that was a key of, you know, for our for our success tonight.

It's fun.

So you gotta heip each other up for sure.

Hey, Steph, over here.

Um, how do you feel personally about the strategy of guarding hard and strictly to his left?

We've seen the jazz do.

It's in the bucks.

Do it.

How do you feel about that strategy?

I'm not sure.

I mean, uh, it's how we've played traditionally, but he's had an unbelievable year sacrifice, trying everything at this point.

But for us, we have solid defensive principles that we were allowing and had some success last year in the playoffs.

But again, everything's on the table in terms of just winning a playoff series against that team, no matter what it takes.

So we'll talk about all that stuff tomorrow.

Oh, then a day for us.

It's just about being physical, having great energy being on the same page.

All five guys out there on the floor and you know, have a conference on the floor matter again.

If he makes her Mrs, I just try to make it tough on him.

A Steph camera.

Buford, A late news observer You and Chris Paul have ah, interesting history together.

Pretty competitive battles that you've had.

What is it about him that gets the best out of you or that brings the best out of you?

He's an amazing player in this amazing players.

Do they raise your level of of, uh, play?

I mean, from time I got in the league, he was a guy at that position that kind of set the pace and on he's still playing in your high level.

So we obviously go back to North Carolina days and, oh, before I got to leave, I followed him around working out with him stuff like that.

But then the day is this level of respect in terms of you know what he's capable of.

But that intensity in that competition is great, kind of thriving.

Those those opportunities and going another opportunity of these next.

This next serious too.

Leave it out there on the floor step.

You said you're not that old yet, right?

with this quick turnaround.

This is the year five ah, really long run where every single year like what it was the fatigue level of for you guys just day in and day out in this playoff grind.

Right now, I think I made a joke like this first round felt like I was two months, but that was kind of just the emotional part of it.

And the adjustments are made from game to game, obviously losing buggy early and losing 31 point lead and trying to come back on the road.

And you know, the mental investment you have to put into it physically, I think we feel feel great as a team and shouldn't be an excuse is there.

But for us, we got really rely on the experience in terms of being able to flip the switch from one team to the next.

That would be the biggest has, but in terms of our energy and photo and physical presence and being ableto play a 12 dirty game on Sunday, we should be fun.