Going into the city of Boston in the first game, we were retired, were reading play the best basketball play.

And I think everybody's aware of that.

And, you know, hopefully tomorrow we can just go out there, just play the best basketball we can play, just be ourselves on, uh, get him in.

Well, uh, you know, when you think about it And, um, you know how the city's started the way we felt after game one against Boston?

Um, you just tried to not have the feeling again.

You know, try to avoid that.

Almost like, uh, you know, embarrassment, that we had that game because we was in ourselves.

And, um, I think as I said, everybody's aware off.

You know what happened the way the team was filling in.

Um, you know, it gets Boston.

You can go down.

Why, No, and you still be fine.

But against around in its it's hard to be in that spot.

You know, we lose the first game in your home, and I think, uh, has said guys are aware of that.

Last night Chris was here.

Bledsoe was here Joe Shell was here.

I was here shooting like and nobody talked to one another like everybody was showed up.

Because everybody know how I think I'm not most high stakes, but how important?

It knows toe set the tone in game one, and that's really good.

That's what the special team does.

That's really great.

Team does and, um, hopefully weaken leave game while with the wind.

How long has this break cells get back?

Of course.

Yeah.

I'm excited to give up on the court.

I'm excited.

Play basketball again?

I'm happy that we play every other day.

We've bean up What for, like, 78 days now?

Uh, yeah.

Took Amy vacation.

I went back to Ah, Greece for a few days.

Yeah, so my brother came back, But no, we excited.

It's gonna ask you about a side story that I heard that everybody knows that you love to train.

You come off like late night training.

So they told me that the facility has to buy a new microwave so you can eat your food when you were training late nights.

I have a source.

Uh, no, no, no.

Is that is not true.

The microwave is not for me, But actually, we have a microwave in the black room.

I know who put it there, Have you?

Maybe.

But I tried Teoh try to go back home and, uh, my food play a 5.5 food simply here.

I would definitely use a moderating so much at stake.

Do you look forward to the challenge of trying to stop someone like the best players in the game?

And how do you stop, man?

Um, stopping Why is going It's gonna be hard is not gonna be easy.

It's one of the best players in the league.

Hey, he's playing with a lot of commenters right now.

He's being super aggressive, and these teammates want him.

I want him to be aggressive.

Um, well, we can do with quiet.

Almost.

You got a limited these living statues as much as possible.

Try to deny him.

I tried to make this heartless possible for him, um, and just make other guys make plays.

Tried to keep quiet as much as we can away from the game, but they is gone.

Get the ball.

He's go shooting shots.

So you just gotta make that stuff as we can, but we know he's gonna hit some shots, you know?

He's gonna come out, shoot 25 30 shots, 39 shots.

Um, and he's go make plays.

But at the end of the day, we go, you know, our main focus squired going, try to have other guys make place.

Would you think about that shot that he hit bottom?

It is amazing.

I was, um, as I mentioned previously, I was psyching Teoh.

No, my family was watching the game and that told him that Toronto have some soft dream.

So when you should the bow I tend to like, bounce sponsor under him and goes is sometimes you always have a chance that you should The boat with Arc.

And I was saying that in the in the fourth quarter heat, the shot best touch every part of the rain.

When anybody was big shot, he got to his spot.

Um, it was big shuffle.

You know, the organization was himself with him to when you saw that shot.

No.

E, um, I was going go to overtime, but he hit a big shot.

So no good for him and was a regular season Christmas a lot of guys your team about what he did and how much that help getting ready for a series like this.

No crease.

I think it did a great job in four games that we play in the regular season.

But the day is not just be Chris, you got to be active.

Behind it is gonna be the first line of beef is But me and Brooke Person Nico all the guys, we gotta be active behind him, and I tried to help him as much as possible.

I think Chris have done a great job just making it tough work where I denied him in Iran, the situation going over, supplies going on, so just making quiet guests and that's what we do.

Guys were one of the lower teams in the league in three point attempts this year and makes this year.

Yes, I think your second have you felt the space and do you think that's been a big, a big part of the reason why you're where you're at?

Yeah, it's definitely be proud of it.

I think you know much, even have done a great job.

Get to the spark, you know, spends the floor runs in the corner, um, and not get those shots.

And I think in me and Bledsoe increase have done a great job finding the open guy.

Um, you know, as ah was a team.

So yeah, it's game plan and Coach Bob brought to the team has definitely help everybody be great.

And that's one of the things that he told me the first time we met.

He said, So you can be good?

No, we know that.

But I could make your teammate be effective and have done a great job making guys know being effective, having them have office shots, putting them in the right spot to be successful.

So he's definitely giving them out of our space for me.

Toe make my place, and Bledsoe said, You're not going to go to go to this.

Put into this Siri's with bench that you have George.

It's nice.

Nice.

It's nice to our know that guys that coming off the bench, you're gonna be ready to Ah, no, go out there, complete the sort of the can and they re playing great.

You know, we've been averaging that.

If I have lost points from the bench.

So that's a thing.

I'm not short.

I'm just saying none, But things are over there.

They've done a great job, I think.

George, heel, pad, everybody.

Everybody that comes off the beds of level job.

So you got to keep it up.

You assume that you mentioned that last night?

Very business, Like in here with how you guys were approaching.

Getting ready.

But it seems like you guys are very loose right there watching you guys practice today.

Where do you guys kind of walk that line of being business like being focused, but also having fun?

Because I feel like that's what's made you guys special.

You know, we tried tries.

It seemed to do do since day one brother with great food and, uh oh, things get serious.

You gotta be, like in, uh, but at the end of the day, we cannot, you know, just not how fun.

You know.

I know this because 1000.

It's amazing to be here and be in the moment in the race being basic of balance, but ended today A serious is you can get somebody gotta be loose on.

I think we find the we find a great home.

Find a great line, a thing as a team that we know we got a liking.

We know we've got to be a little bit looser.

Try to have fun.

And I think we have it.

Two more in the Sudan if you come again.

I was so that I'm gonna be more like no more fun again.

Honestly, such a long time since you guys played finished the season seriously.

How much do you back Take that, considering that there's a lot of applies on the same since you lost so much take away from this season.

Serious, Given it was such a long time ago when you played There's been 70 new additions to the times with Marc Gasol on merit tension.

All these guys, it's over the seas we played against Rondo.

Take.

It's was two years ago.

Um, no, the regular season you put him in January.

That's the last time you played so more can take away.

Obviously, we've got new players in the team.

Miko and the God I got.

The guy got marketing team that big a lot of table defensively on with his defensive i Q.

Differently.

Well, we two different teams.

Toe told different scenes right now.

We just gotta like, and they're gonna be ready to play hard.

We have to You need to play hard, too, and, uh, is gonna be excited to see what legal going bring in the table for us against them.

And, um how much do you expect them to match up?

See how come and Ibaka with you most of the time?

Of what challenges do their length provide?

Uh huh.

I'm not going to see a lot of guys going Might be Siaca.

Then he's gonna be back of my being market.

So is a smart defensive might be acquired, But I don't that you gotta keep making place in the some that I've seen more horses and long, and, um, I'm definitely not ready for it close with Masai.

But I also know your s o.

I mean, how do you balance that?

You know, someone you care about who's been there for you for your entire career.

And then he's kind of on the other side a lot of.

And when I play basketball, so it is now I don't care, You know, uh, but I'm not gonna say I don't get up on my side because you guys don't take it twisted.

Do get up on my side.

Take that.

But I did have they wouldn't play basketball.

Uh oh.

I don't get it.

Obviously, I'm just here to help my team win.

And, um, try to win the series.

That's all I care about.

You know, find out.

Played against.

Done in, uh, first round.

I say work, and it's so much that I've bean play with him two years.

Um, one of my best friends, brother.

And when we were playing the sale worth him until the last game.

And he thinks they were to be back.

But they know when I'm in between those lines.

Just business from just I tried to go out there, have a killer Masset, uh, trying to win.

I did.

And then when you know, being on the floor, you know, was the winner, then we could talk about it.

Talk about whatever you want to talk about your hobbies or whatever you like.

All right.

Now get or think, uh, how my side now, Masai, help me and my family during the years I've been in the league, but He's a little guy, great.

The GM built a great team, and after the city's is over here, you know what I feel.

He wants to go and go for do something like Malcolm backing.

Have you seen that confidence on the court over?

He's.

I could see the gun, the heat, that's a lot of crop and now, So he's confident.

I love I love it, you know he's back being himself and definitely hope the team in there right away, So it was a great home.