Raptors’ set play was set in motion months ago

The play got lost in all the others that helped the Toronto Raptors secure a much-needed victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night. But that one play would have made coach Nick Nurse think that all the work was worth it.

All the work in Vancouver in training camp, all the work in various practices that the team has held since the season began, all that time in coaches’ meetings spent scheming.