This is the tease that is the end of the Toronto Raptors’ rotation, the seventh, eighth, ninth men on the pecking order.
As a group they have been maddeningly inconsistent all season, with good games and bad games and so-so games all in the same week, and it has to be driving coach Nick Nurse a little batty.
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They dangle athleticism and smart decision-making and an acceptance of their roles one night; they try to force things, miss good shots and play with a dulled sense of purpose the next.