With 7.5 minutes remaining in last night’s game between the Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers, the score was tied at 94. Toronto started the quarter leading by nine, but it seemed like, as they did on Monday, the Raptors might be running out of steam.
And then Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet, the guys who looked most gassed on Monday, grabbed the game by the you-know-whats, led the Raptors on a 14-0 run and the team never looked back.
What an effort.
Taking Away the Biggest Threat
For the second game in a row, the Raptors’ defensive gameplan seemed to centre around taking away the opposition’s best player.