In the giddy emotion after the Toronto Raptors came back to win Game 5, nobody was sure what happened. One Raptors employee said, “I can’t believe we won that game.” Another just shook his head. Asked for an explanation, one Raptors executive grinned and said, “There’s no explanation.”
There was, sort of. Toronto had won 102-99 after trailing the Indiana Pacers by 15 late in the third quarter. They outscored Indiana 25-9 in the fourth. It was made, mostly, of little things.
To start, it needed Bismack Biyombo. Late in the third, with Toronto down 15, he shoots two free throws.