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So happy to be on. Thanks for having me. What happened, do you think, like last night, off the Lakers lost and in the start of that first quarter? Yeah, well, first of all, it's turnovers, you know? I think the pressure they kind of swarmed us. I think we had seven turnovers of the first 10 possessions or something like that.

They all led the buckets.

Um, the pressure they kind of swarmed us. I think we had seven turnovers in the first 10 possessions or something like that. They all led the buckets. You know, they're playing, they're playing really well. They're a good team right now. They are a complete team, but Kauai is playing at a super high level. And, you know, while we were able to get back into the game, it felt like we were chasing the game uphill all the time. Then when we get within a couple buckets or within striking distance, we would turn it over again. We had 21 turnovers, so we're not really ever going to win when we turn it over at that level. So that was one. And then, you know, Kauai was just otherworldly last night. It didn't matter what we did. He made shots. When we doubled him, he made the right play.

He even made shots over doubles at times. So, you know, we kind of got smacked. It was the tale of two games, really. The Lakers game, it was our offense. You know, just broke down completely. And last night it was our defense that broke down completely. he had a first quarter bucket against Rudy where Rudy's actually out contesting it perfectly.

Like Rudy picks him up.

He meets him.

And Kauai just has this.

It's almost like a boxer where he knows exactly the distance and separation that he needs to get the shot off where you're you're just he's like he's going to

find a way to get that off even if you think you have a reach on him yeah it's i mean he's he's he's

phenomenal player i think he's just you know underrated at this point in his career still i think

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