CHARLOTTE In the jumbled mess in the middle of the NBA’s Eastern Conference, where a handful of teams can finish anywhere from top of the standings to barely in the play-in portion of the season, Nick Nurse really has no preference where his team finishes.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if we finished in the top three and it wouldn’t surprise me if we finished seventh and I wouldn’t care about either of those spots, to be honest,” the Raptors coach said Wednesday as the team regrouped for the 25-game sprint to the end of the regular season.