TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan sat at the postgame podium after his arena, his city, his team was relegated to a mere stepping stone on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ road to greater glory for the second straight year and summed up what the Toronto Raptors are missing.
"If we had LeBron on our team, too,” DeRozan rationalized, “we would've won."
Of course, any discussion of the Cavs’ 4-0 sweep of the Raptors in the Eastern Conference semifinals should begin with LeBron James. His 35 points, nine rebounds and six assists in Sunday’s 109-102 closeout win typified a series in which he averaged 36 points on 57.