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Raptors head coach Nick Nurse handles playoff thrills with usual chill

It is an apt phrase that Kyle Lowry came up with to describe Nick Nurse because it’s obvious that the head coach’s personality has meshed wonderfully with his veteran-laden roster.

It’s not solely why the Raptors find themselves in the NBA final for the first time ever — talent has an awful lot to do with that happening — but it’s been a major part of the team’s collective personality.

“He’s very chill, laid back,” Lowry said of the team’s 51-year-old, first-year head coach.

Don’t get things wrong, though. If Nurse has to get excited, he will.