The headlines were devoted to the displays of offence, and fair enough. In winning Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Raptors saw all five of starters score at least 17 points — something that had been done in the championship series just one other time in the past 30 years.
And Toronto won despite Golden State’s Stephen Curry racking up 47 points — the most by a player in a regulation loss in Finals history. Maybe it’s true that “board man gets paid,” per Kawhi Leonard’s old college mantra on the merits of overall work ethic and doggedness on the glass.