With the playoffs beginning in five weeks, Raptors coach said the meeting with the Rockets offered a chance to see if the defensive strategies he has been using recently might work against a team he said plays more like many playoffs teams, with "a mega scorer" and an offense adept at getting 3s.
He said he wanted to look at the Raptors' usual defensive strategies, rather than game planning for the Rockets, saying James Harden can ruin plans, anyway.
"He messes things up because he can score 50," Nurse said. "He is right there at the top of the toughest coverages in the league.