If you see the Raptors yelling at each other sometime, you'll probably see Sam Mitchell off to the side, smiling.

Knowing that he can't incessantly harp on his players, point out their shortcomings and mistakes, Mitchell will be glad to see the players start to mete out some criticism of each other.

"Winning teams police themselves," said Mitchell.

And he gives them every opportunity.

"I purposely step away from the bench for 15 seconds (during each timeout); that's when they're supposed to police each other.

"In that locker room at halftime, the reason a coach doesn't walk in immediately (is) to give those guys four or five minutes to say what they have to say to each other.

"Some things are pleasant, some things are unpleasant, but you have to police each other and they have to start doing that."

Chris Bosh, supposedly a leader on the team despite being just 21 years old and only in his third season, knows what his coach is saying is correct.

"That's one thing we have to work on, we have to police each other," said Bosh.

"I'm sure he's done his yelling and screaming, I'm sure he gets tired of it.

"We have to get on each other because if we get on each other about not making those mistakes, we'll stop making them."