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Rockets, Raptors show how the game can be played

The conference leaders have been fuelled by a fast-paced, long-range game.

Rockets star James Harden and Toronto's Norm Powell chase a loose ball. The Rockets and Raptors have parlayed similar styles, and having fun, into conference leads.

It wasn’t the NBA final, but it was realistically as close as the Toronto Raptors have ever come, and the championship series was in the back of everybody’s mind, anyway. Best team in the East, best team in the West, Friday night fights, let’s go.

“They’ve got a chance,” former Raptor and current Rocket P.J. Tucker said.