Raptors’ Fred VanVleet: ‘We need to be a lot more physical’

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Toronto is at its defensive best going chest-to-chest with opponents on every possession, something the team hasn’t shown enough this season.

SALT LAKE CITYThe grind of an NBA season is real and it takes an immense physical toll on the players who do much of the heavy lifting.

It’s playing through clutching and grabbing by defenders when they have the ball — physical play isn’t limited to only defence — and it’s also being willing to hit first on defence. “It’s easy to say, hard to do,” VanVleet said. “Nobody goes into a game saying ‘oh, I’m going to play soft today’ but sometimes it happens.

“I thought we were playing really tough,” Nurse said. “I thought we were just getting the wrong end of some of . We’re just physically blocking out and they’re going flying … we’re going to keep blocking out hard.”

 

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