There is time for development and gaining experience for young players and then there’s time for winning and asking the old heads to carry the load.
A couple of minutes into the fourth quarter on Sunday night, when the spectre of yet another late-game collapse hung over the Raptors like a dark, foreboding cloud, coach Nick Nurse sensed the moment.
And his veterans seized it.
Going back to the tremendous duo of Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam when he might have ridden the kids a little bit longer in other circumstances, Nurse made the best move possible that ended up leading one of the most unlikely wins of the season.