Friday, January 8: It took Nick Nurse but four and a half minutes to realize his shakeup had not worked.
Desperate for a spark, Nurse had moved Alex Len into the Toronto Raptors’ starting lineup in place of a struggling Aron Baynes for the team’s game against the Sacramento Kings — and the Kings promptly poured in sixteen points in the paint with Len on the court.
Nurse had seen enough. His move backfired, so he shook it up again.
He put Chris Boucher in at the five, and we did not see a traditional centre on the floor again for the entire game.