Masai Ujiri, the President and General Manager of the Toronto Raptors, was standing outside the home locker room in a euphoric state at the end of game five. He just witnessed his team complete the largest comeback victory in franchise history to take a 3-2 lead in their first round series against the Indiana Pacers.
Toronto entered the fourth quarter trailing 77-90 and had been behind by as much as seventeen points in the contest. Frank Vogel elected to start the final quarter with a lineup that did not feature Paul George, George Hill or Monta Ellis. The Pacers’ reserves allowed the Raptors back into the game and perhaps more importantly, presented the crowd at the Air Canada Centre a chance to get raucous.