More than anything, these Toronto Raptors are an act of collective belief. Kawhi Leonard chose L.A., and the Raptors carried on. Every core player got hurt at one time or another, but it was fine. And in this second round, the Boston Celtics pushed them, really pushed them, to the limit. The Celtics might be the worst matchup in the league for this team.
And in the first half of Game 6 you could see Toronto’s belief fading. In the fourth, the Raptors couldn’t score. So often, it didn’t work.
Until it did. This team can be a chain reaction: One thing leads to another, and next thing you know they have enough.