The Toronto Raptors treated their fanbase (and empty arena) to a playoff-ish type of basketball to end the year, outlasting the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter, winning 116-108.
The game essentially describes the Raptors’ year-to-date: shorthanded, bad bench, poor shooting, great defensive pockets, Nick Nurse trying to throw things to the wall and see what sticks, and running his trusted core players to the ground. The core of Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam, and OG Anunoby took turns carrying the team and delivered in the fourth quarter when things turned into playoff ball.