There really wasn’t much more Nick Nurse could do other than crack wise at the absurdity of it all.
“Some duct tape,” the Raptors coach said as he spotted a role on the podium he uses for his pre-game media session. “We could use some of that.”
Truer words were never spoken.
Now down three key members of his team’s rotation — with Pascal Siakam (groin), Marc Gasol (hamstring) and Norm Powell (shoulder) all out indefinitely — Nurse got a bit philosophical figuring out where his gutted team goes from here.
Now it’s going to be the likes of Chris Boucher, Terence Davis II, Pat McCaw and Matt Thomas, when he’s back from a broken thumb in a couple of weeks, who will have to prove themselves.