rim

When the ball bounced off the rim, he corralled it.

“Both sides of the ball, just doing his job, putting pressure on the rim offensively, screening, and then his offensive rebounding as well, got us a couple extra possessions,” coach JJ Redick said of Hayes.

Davis, a huge part of the third-quarter run, made the biggest defensive play of the game when he met Raptors 7-footer Jakob Poeltl in front of the rim, rejecting a one-handed dunk emphatically.

But while he has proven able to score, especially at the rim, Claude has yet to prove he can be a consistent outside shooter.

And just like they spoke about, Christie cut hard toward the rim.