When it has come time for the Raptors to buckle down, they’ve buckled under.
It has become an increasingly obvious flaw in the roster, more mental than physical, and it has to be giving Masai Ujiri and Bobby Webster much food for thought as the inexorable disappointing end to this season approaches.
It’s not that they play scared at the most important moment but they don’t thrive.
It’s not that they play to lose but they don’t play hard enough to win.
They just don’t play well enough, it’s like their thoughts get in the way of their actions.