'He flailed but it's okay': OG Anunoby on debatable foul against DeRozan

Raptors forward OG Anunoby discusses the win, his scoring touch against the Bulls and the foul he received against DeMar DeRozan.

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- Hi, everybody.

- Hello, OG. The box score, you got a bunch of guys with same number of points, same number of shots. How efficient does that make you guys when everybody is getting their own numbers?

OG ANUNOBY: It's definitely hard to guard for the other team when everyone's involved and everyone's in actions, and everyone's being aggressive, looking to score.

- You talk about being aggressive. How did you see Precious kind of impact the game today?

OG ANUNOBY: Oh, just pushing in transition, crashing the offensive glass, screening hard and rolling. And then defensively, being aggressive, blocking shots, boxing people out, just setting the tone on defense.

- Zach LaVine had 36 points. We covered a lot of the shots were really tough. What were you guys trying to focus in on to limit his opportunities?

OG ANUNOBY: Just make shots tough for him. He's a great player. So he'll make a lot of them. So just try to make it as difficult as possible. And he had a great night. He's a great player.

- How's DeMar different when his daughter is in the crowd?

OG ANUNOBY: [CHUCKLES] I don't know. I don't know DeMar had a good game too. He missed some shots, but we just try to make it difficult for him too. But he's a great player as well.

- OG, is your offense overall very different compared to last year?

OG ANUNOBY: There's similar things, there's different things. Overall, it's different because everyone-- we have different personnel, different coaches. But there's similarities to last year, for sure.

- In your personal case, what are the main differences that-- what Darko asked you on the floor, what is different compared to last year?

OG ANUNOBY: Playing at the high post more, more so than last year. And then yeah. Just-- we've always had a big emphasis on transition. So that would be the main thing, playing at the high post.

- Individually, does this defense suit your skill set better than the one last year?

OG ANUNOBY: I don't know. I think both of them suit me defensively, yeah.

- Were you guys aware of the scenarios coming into this game, in terms of the in-season tournament because Pascal takes a shot at the end, DeMar takes on exception a little bit, gets ejected?

OG ANUNOBY: Oh, that's what-- I didn't know what happened. No. We knew we were going to try to score because we know the points counter something. But yeah, I don't know about anything else.

- How were you able to talk Darko into challenging that foul on DeMar? Pascal couldn't talk him into it a couple of minutes earlier.

OG ANUNOBY: I think when I went to the ref and pointed up.

- [CHUCKLES]

OG ANUNOBY: I was pretty sure I didn't foul him and I still don't think I fouled him. But it's whatever.

- Replay didn't show kicking his leg out, showed him taking off and not laying.

OG ANUNOBY: He flailed. But it's OK. It's all right. I thought he did. But maybe my memory is bad.

- OK, great. Thanks.