While I take no pleasure in rubbing salt in the nasty wound which is the Toronto Raptors’ massive playoff failure, our team won’t improve unless the entire fiasco is analyzed, and accurate conclusions drawn. My colleague Kevin Nimmock concentrated on Kyle Lowry’s miserable four games, and certainly our point guard’s bellyflop was the most painful and portentous of all of our players’. Beyond Kyle’s failure, I think we need to understand, to the extent possible, what happened to the team.

Sportswriter to coach following another loss: What do you have to say about your team’s execution?