MINNEAPOLIS—Oh, Jonas Valanciunas thought about it, you could tell right away.
He got the ball deep in a corner of the Air Canada Centre without a defender close to him, and the thought of a three-point field-goal attempt came to him immediately.
He took a step back to set himself up, but didn’t go back far enough, and when he looked down his foot was still on the line.
Now, the Raptors may be okay with Valanciunas shooting the odd, wide-open three-pointer but they’re not looking for the seven-footer to hoist long, difficult twos and he wisely thought better of the shot and moved the ball back outside.