For stretches last night, it looked like all of the positive process improvements we saw from the Toronto Raptors out West were paying off. The ball was singing around the perimeter, three pointers were falling, the transition game was humming.
But once again, the Raptors couldn’t keep things together for 48 minutes. They beat the Charlotte Hornets 111-108, but a near-disastrous fourth quarter surely hasn’t left anyone feeling very good this morning.
1. Unsustainable
The Raptors shot the heck out of the ball last night through three quarters, and while the process looked good — they had 26 assists on 33 made field goals through three — the lack of pressure on the rim left me concerned heading into the fourth.