On his thoughts during the last shot and how happy he was to see it go in:

"I was extremely happy to see it go in. Those guys had the poise down the stretch to understand they had a foul to give. They blew up the first play. Paulo read it right. Took the out route and was able to hit a heck of a shot. And I think that's big time for him, big time for this group to bounce off of a back-to-back where we didn't play our best basketball last night, but then to come in tonight and scrap the way we needed to."

On how uplifting a win like this can be amid adversity (injuries, time away from home):

"It just keeps creating the resiliency that we know this group has. And it's building for the future, for what we're going to go through. And I think anytime you can learn the lessons in a win, I think it's great. And these guys are continuing to learn these lessons about what we need to do down the stretch to start games, to come together. I think it's big for us as we continue to move forward."

On what allowed the Nets back into the game to force overtime (after leading at start of fourth):

"We knew how they were going to play. They're scrappy. They play hard. They started to speed the game up. They hit some great shots. We missed a bunch of easy shots. But again, our ability to sustain our effort the entire game was important, just to give yourself a chance and that's what we were able to do."

On seeing the challenged defensive effort level in the second and third quarters:

"I thought we did a great job defending. You hold this team to 103. Obviously Porter Jr. had it going and we were chasing him all over the floor. Again, he hit some hellacious shots and that's what he's capable of doing, but our guys never wavered. Stayed the course the entire game, stayed together, communicated with what we needed to have done. But again, it says a lot about them to be able to bounce back from how we played last night to step into this moment tonight."

On Jase Richardson’s status:

"Jase is good. He wasn't feeling well right during warm-up lines. And so I think that just he wasn't able to go."

On a positive note (Noah Penda's birthday):

"I will say the biggest part of this is that we got the win on Noah Penda's birthday. So I think that's big time."

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