It evoked one of the great deadpan one-liners of the Raptors’ run to an NBA championship, a statement that spoke to the utmost confidence the team had the last time it tangled with the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Raptors had dropped the first two games of the NBA Eastern Conference final, and while panic and dread had overwhelmed part of the fan base it never once trickled down to the players.
“Where do you go from here?” someone asked Kawhi Leonard, surely seeking some cliché-ridden response along the lines of “must win” or “backs to the wall” or some hidden secret to unlocking the mystery that was Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks.