Man up.
Before yesterday’s 118-100 thrashing of the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse was asked about the physicality that players are getting away with on both sides of the floor. He could have taken the easy route and put the blame on the referees — risking a fine but endearing himself further as a man of the people — but two words came out of his mouth faster than a Dalano Banton one-man fastbreak: Man up.
Being more physical wouldn’t appear to match with the team’s persona of “length and quickness,” but those words were spoken with conviction and purpose, and boy did the team respond!