The Toronto Raptors just won game seven against the Indiana Pacers. Typically a team would be filled with excitement and euphoria but it didn’t feel that way for the Raptors.
Toronto escaped. The number two seed in the Eastern Conference needed seven games to knock off the lowly Pacers. Despite the win, the whispers of playoff failures didn’t go away.
Up next was the Miami Heat. Led by Goran Dragic and Dwyane Wade, Miami had a cast of hard-nosed veterans who excelled at grinding games out. They had a top-10 defense, played at one of the slowest paces in the league, and had a starting five with an average age above 30.