The questions about the Toronto Raptors are not new, and they will not all be answered in one swoop on Sunday night. A win in Game 7 would be a franchise catharsis, a deep and free breath. A loss would be a debacle. But neither will magically create a direction for this franchise, or shouldn’t, anyway. The questions exist regardless. Sunday won’t determine anything but when they get asked.
Sunday’s Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers will either feel like the end of the world or something very new. This team won 56 games, amassed the fourth-best record in basketball, and now elimination to a seven seed is right here, at their doorstep.