The Toronto Raptors are ready for the NBA restart. Coach Nick Nurse said he's seen everything he needs to see from his group.
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00:00Nobody in the NBA bubble has more championship pedigree than the Toronto Raptors.
00:05They know how to get to the NBA mountaintop.
00:08Just ask Marc Gasol.
00:10I mean, if you play the best defense and you make the most shots, you win.
00:14To me, if that's the two things that you can ask for, those would be my two things, right?
00:21Whoever makes the most shots and plays the best defense is going to win.
00:24It's the defense part of that winning equation that the Raptors do particularly well.
00:29They rank second to only the Milwaukee Bucks this season in defensive rating.
00:33And it's that defensive strength that gives Raptors coach Nick Nurse the confidence
00:37that the Raptors can be dangerous again this year.
00:40You know, the way we can play defense, if we can get to that point and play it at a playoff level,
00:46which we've already kind of done too, then I think we ought to have a chance to figure everything else out.
00:53If the Raptors are going to repeat as NBA champions this year,
00:57they're going to have to do it without a true superstar.
01:00It's a reality Marc Gasol doesn't particularly care about.
01:04What's more important to you?
01:06You've got to just find a way to be the best team possible.
01:10Because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how good of a player you have on your side.
01:15At the end of the day, you've got to win as a team.
01:17And it takes a whole team to win not only a championship, but any playoff series.
01:23The Raptors' quest to repeat starts Saturday when they open their seating schedule with the Los Angeles Lakers.