The Toronto Raptors dominated nearly this entire game. Without Kyle Lowry, on the road, against a very impressive Western Conference team, it doesn’t matter. When the Raptors are as hot as they were in the first 32 minutes of this game, they’re nearly unbeatable.
Then, things took a turn. Toronto couldn’t hit a shot offensively, Russell Westbrook continued to feel himself, and the deficit started to shrink. Late in the fourth, the game became close. After a couple of horrific Raptor offensive possessions, it was tied.
Neither team could draw up/hit a critical shot to end the game so it went to overtime.