And a little thing bit the Raptors big time on Saturday evening in another disappointing start to another NBA playoff season.
A blown defensive coverage, a miscommunication, a seconds-long lapse. The kind of tiny little error good teams can’t make, the kind that veteran Raptors haven’t made very often this season, the kind that can lose big games.
Kawhi Leonard and Marc Gasol — smart, time-tested old heads who had been outstanding for most of the night — had a momentary blip of indecision that allowed D.J. Augustin to knock down the game-winning shot as the Orlando Magic upset the Raptors 104-101 in Game 1 of their best-of-seven playoff series.