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my family joins us now, after a spectacular game, I'm gonna start in that third quarter.
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You're down 10.
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You hit back to back threes and all of the sudden the momentum really shifted.
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How how are you all able to absorb the punches?
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That this That this team and that crowd was throwing early to bounce back and ultimately win this huge Game five?
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Yeah, I just I think we're battle tested, You know, I think that we had a tough Siri's Orlando challenges.
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I thought really, really challenges, and we've just been through these moments before.
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We've had ups and downs throughout the season, injuries and just a lot of adversity.
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So we've been able to push through.
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And that's bode well for us in this playoff.
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So obviously we know these guys are going to give us, Ah, big shot and and a good push, and we just got to build a weather to store.
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I have a question about why he's so fascinating to watch as someone that loves the game because his talent is so obvious and everything else is a mystery.
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What's the man like as a teammate?
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I za regular do man.
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I try to say that.
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I know that's not a sexy answer, but he's a super regular.
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He's a great teammate, was a great friend, and we really enjoy him, obviously in the locker room.
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And so hey, doesn't like talking to you guys a whole lot of social media and and that whole thing.
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And other than that, you know, he's just like the rest of us.
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So he's a He's a hell of a player as well, but at, and that's just play with him.
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That's where I got to interrupt you regular guy.
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I get, and I appreciate that.
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But there's nothing regular about him in games like this.
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It looks everything he does is excellent and it looks easy.
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Have you got past the part where anything he does is surprising?
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Yeah, you know, first week training camp and then seeing them perform at a high level a few times during the season, you get it.
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You understand?
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You know what all the hoopla is about with this guy and the way he's turned it up in this playoffs has been spectacular.
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So obviously we lean on him a lot and he seemed to deliver every time and so so for the rest of us.
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Guys like myself to just try to support him and and help him out as much as we can.
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All right, let me close with this.
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We the North, the Jurassic Park, this and that.
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Look, Canada's going crazy.
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They're ready for a close out game.
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How do you take what's great about that and lean on it and ignore the rest That could make the moment feel almost become, Ah, too big, so to speak.
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You know, I'm saying, Yeah, it was not the too big for us.
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We were prepared for this.
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That's why we work all year.
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And at the end of the day, it's a basketball game.
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Sky will go out there, We play the way we play.
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We play well, we're gonna win.
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If we don't, we lose.
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And sometimes it's that simple.
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But you go out there tonight and take care of business and put yourself in a great position to try to get it done in Toronto, and that's got to be our goal going forward.
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Massive game tonight, Fred.
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Appreciate you stopping by mega Look in game six.
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All right.
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Thank you.