Other than a glorious final four minutes, last night’s Game 5 was a rather angst-filled affair that looked like it could go either way. But the final outcome—a 108-98 win for the Toronto Raptors over the Washington Wizards, and a 3-2 series lead—was what the team, its fans and the whole city needed.
Norman Powell, first-round Game 5 hero, is a Raptors Thing (tm). I’m not the only fan who hoped Game 5 Norm would make an appearance last night, and I think Dwane Casey was hoping too, as Powell saw the floor late in the first quarter after not playing at all in Game 4.