Perhaps more than any other sport, the NBA is a league that is built on its stars. And perhaps more so on Tuesday than any other day of the Toronto Raptors’ history-making season, the team will need its stars to keep this thing moving forward.
Deadlocked at two games apiece, the Raptors and Indiana Pacers are heading into make or break territory. Game 5 is here. Paul George and his 26 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and do-everything-else game has been here for the Pacers from Game 1. What’s been missing, at least to the extent that it was present in the Raptors’ 56-win regular-season march, are the Raptors’ stars.