"Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins started this season as a big fan of having full-contact practices during morning shootarounds before games. It was a way to work through on-court issues due to a lack of off days with the 66-game schedule.

But Hollins is already cutting back.

"We've cut that out," Hollins said. "You don't want to do too much. We just try to watch film and do a lot of talking."

Hollins also said he isn't concerned about his key players logging too much time, citing the "real-time rest" that his guys get on game nights.

"Too often people look at the stat sheet and say he's playing too many minutes," Hollins said. "There's so much dead action during the game that you can recuperate.""