But I'm sure you're aware by now not only getting 50 points, but making n ba history.

How satisfying is it to know that you had 50 without attempting a single free throw in the game?

I mean, I don't want to say, um since how the game when?

I guess I don't Really I don't really need to go to the room in law today.

Um, just make my shots on, um, it was kind of could it be making history of in a few times in past years?

So, um, there's it's cool step for a appreciate mike singer.

Hey, Jamal Malone said he talked to you and Nicola yesterday.

Kind of about building mo mentum going into the All Star break.

How much did you take that to heart?

And how much was that on your mind when you obviously got cooking tonight?

My mind just on the president should get a win, bring energy to the team, um, play defense, just do my job.

And, um, you know, made some shots today.

It was a lot of I guess it was a lot of fun just to be aggressive, and I know that my team wants me to be aggressive and have coach telling me to be aggressive.

That all helps with my mental.

To be able to go out there and just play free, play my game and not think so.

I've been doing that and just common rhythm.

Night.

Mark Medina.

Jamal.

Big Picture Question.

What's jumped out to you with how Mike's managed the group?

You know, this past year in the bubble in this season, how you and the rest of the guys responded to that.

What toe?

How Mike has what his approach has been in managing the group during these past seasons in the bubble.

Just arm cemetery management.

Yeah.

How is he coach the team?

Like what's been his style you're talking about, Coach?

Yeah.

Mike Malone?

Uh, no.

No.

Sorry.

Uh, I mean, he just kind of letting this plan office reasonably defenseman.

It ain't It ain't.

No, it ain't.

No offense.

I mean, we have started when we turned the ball over.

Um, that kind of put us in deficit.

But even within the body, we could get back.

We can get some style.

We could be early in the moment.

We have better communications, which is just so simple stuff.

I just I just requested self defense.

We get stops are often always when we got a lot of weapons, a lot of guys that get a lot of guys along the depth of team that can score and coming in fact game.

So really office offensively.

No problem.

Um, it's just defense.

We got a big A system with that and where we are because we know teams were going one, but knows how you bounce back and how you handle those runs.

Ryan Blackburn.

Jamal, uh, you and Nicola are the only two teammates in the N B a.

The season to drop 50.

You guys just went to the Western Conference finals this past year.

Does it sometimes feel like guys and teams and national folks don't necessarily appreciate what you guys have done and the level of talent that you guys have?

I just played my game, man.

I just play my game.

Um, I can't handle everybody's opinion.

I can't no thing for somebody making believers talking to just play my game and, um, my games for so I don't joke with same.

So we're just playing basketball with one goal in mind this championship.

And, um, you know when when he's playing lovely, he's playing right now.

Um, no, I don't see anybody stopping him from Gambia Bor.

Whether he's in the post, you know, when you sing coverage, guys got a double, he's going to score.

When you double, he's gonna pick you apart passing.

So especially if I'm going like that.

Especially if Mike speaking shots, um, guys air coming in and ready to play.

We're community and a student again.

Mike Singer.

You always feed so much off the emotion of the game.

How much did you get energized by the fact that there were fans there and you were seemingly yelling at them, or at least screaming into the crowd?

A.

To beginning the fourth?

It's a much bigger difference screaming to the fans than the camera.

You know, it's a better human.

So, um like so this is fun to have the atmosphere, you know, just that's that's what we live for us players and that that emotion that adrenaline, the oohs and aahs, Um, you know, it's it's an environment.

It's an event, its atmosphere and without the fans just different.

So having him back in, just I felt that it was a lot of fun.

Like I said, management me in front of the team who just we start Wednesday.

All right, we got time for one more.

We're gonna end with Vinny Benedetto.

Hey, Jamal.

Seemed like they try to put more size on you as the game went on.

I think going from sex into Okura didn't matter who was going.

You tonight never matters.

Um I mean, yeah.

I mean, every team I play, they play, they put on.

I mean, from time they've been putting guys like more heartless on me and Aaron Gordon on me and cool I p g I'm I mean, it doesn't It doesn't really.

It doesn't really matter.

Um e don't see.

I don't see any difference.

It's just defender.

Just defend in front of me, especially when hidden.

I just want to get to my spot to get to my spot.

Yeah.

I mean, you guys know I play I don't want to explain it, so I appreciate you guys.

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