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at two games apiece. "Whatever happens offensively, you can’t let it affect your defence. That was what really got me frustrated — allowing my offence to mess up my defence. Because that’s where your team relies on you the most. That really threw me for a spin. But it’s life, right? You get knocked down, you get up, and you try to do better."
"I said, ‘Listen, you’re a great player. Because my definition of a great player is you make all the other people around you better. And there’s nobody else I’d rather go out there with than you,’" Nurse remembered. "And he said, ‘I’m going to play great the next game.’ So, his confidence didn’t waver. He’s been around a long time. He knows he can play and impact this game and impact this series in a big fashion.
"What I’ve seen is him being aggressive, being assertive, catching-and-shooting, shooting the trail threes," said Raptors guard Kyle Lowry. "Not worrying about it. Just catching-and-shooting. He watched the film. He sees the shots that he has available — and he’s been taking them." Watch his anticipation here, as he sees a play develop one step ahead of everyone else, leading Lowry in motion for a relocation three:
"Marc did a phenomenal job of breaking down the defences when he had the ball up top on cuts, on screens," Powell said. "I think we’re just playing for one another. Everybody is talking about what we see and how we can get better looks and try to get a shot up every time. We’re staying confident in one another. We’re talking to each other about different shots, different reads that are there.
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