As always, Cleveland is waiting. Of course, the Toronto Raptors should not get ahead of themselves, because they never win Game 6, and Milwaukee is still a problem, and every game in this first-round series has been its own special sitcom episode. Game 5 was the one where the Raptors figured everything out. That was fun.
“Yeah, I felt like the ball was moving crazy,” said forward DeMarre Carroll, who had a sneakily efficient 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting in that 118-93 blowout. “Everything was in rhythm. Swing, swing, you know you’re gonna get the shot rather than jump up in the air and throw a last-second shot to somebody and they gotta throw it up.