It’s a unique combination of skills that Fred VanVleet possesses, all of which are important individually and lethal collectively.
He is as strong as he is smart, a wondrous mix for an NBA player, each equally on display and equally significant in an important win by the Raptors on Sunday afternoon.
VanVleet knew when to slow things down and when to speed them up, when it was appropriate to pass and when it was better to shoot, and he knew when to use his sneaky strength and toughness to make game-saving plays.
He had company in as thorough a Raptors performance as there’s been this year.