Isaiah Hartinstein with nine points, a career high, 17 rebounds, a season high, 39 points.

Isaiah, first question, are you exhausted?

No, I'm good, I'm good. I'm doing actually pretty good.

I make sure I'm in pretty good condition, but Todge came in and gave me a little breather,

so I helped a lot.

I say 39, 39 minutes, obviously the career high.

The key today was defense, even though there's so many big offensive plays.

Defense was the key tonight.

What was talked about the last 24 hours about what had to change?

That was a big emphasis.

I mean, just coming in knowing we had to play better defense.

And I think that starts with communication.

I think we did a good job, communicate, and then just rebound the ball. So I think we just got to keep building on that. And I think we're going

a good direction. I say on your left shoulder, I don't know if that's blood or what that is,

what's going on on your body, but it's emblematic of the type of game you had to play tonight,

didn't you, against a guy like Anthony Davis. A guy as big as he is with the long arms and everything else,

what's the challenge in just dealing with him

on the boards alone?

I mean, just being physical, I mean,

and then mentally stay in that state.

He's a great player, and so he's gonna make his shots,

but I just gotta make it as difficult as possible.

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