For any game against the Houston Rockets, the question of three-point makes is a matter of when, not if. The Raptors knew this going into Sunday’s game against the Rockets, and probably considered themselves lucky to see their opponent shoot 2-for-17 from deep in the first half. But for a Houston, a team that takes a league-record number of threes, it was still a matter of when.
As the score tipped further and further away from the Raptors, a 13-point lead turning into a deficit as big as 12, it was fairer to wonder if Toronto could even keep up.