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How the Raptors slowed down the Grizzlies' offence

After piling on 71 points in the first half vs. the Raptors, Memphis had just 42 in the final 24 minutes. Dillon Brooks, Desmond Bane and coach Taylor Jenkins discussed what changed.

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- You know, they made adjustments. We weren't hitting shots or trading baskets, and they turned it up. They've got a good coach over there in Nick Nurse, who, you know, is a guru, loves to meddle with the game. And he made an adjustment, and it paid off.

Somehow, we've got to find a way to get stops and get rebounds, keep guys in front, especially if we're, you know, we're switching late game. We've got to find a way to keep guys in front. And you know, guys on their team made timely shots.

- Yeah, I mean, I think that they-- you know, they turned their pressure up for sure. Turned their pressure up, started packing the paint, making it hard on us, turned the ball over [INAUDIBLE] transition. You know, I think they did a good job of making adjustments at halftime, going into the second half for sure.

- We're built. That's what we tried to emphasize, is getting to the rim and then kicking out for 3's. Did a great job of that in the first half, getting pieces of the paint, kicking out for 3's in the second half. You know, they walled off the paint. We didn't score as much as we did in the first half in the paint.

But by the time the ball got out to the three-point line, it was too late [INAUDIBLE] to recover. Just have to make that pass early to get open looks from the three-point line. And you know, they're scoring, so we can't get out and run. You know, we only had six fast break points. You can't have that against the Raptors.