TORONTO - The Golden State Warriors were playing their fifth game in eight days, their third game in four days and the second of a back-to-back set.
All those fatigue-inducing circumstances looked pretty irrelevant for much of Sunday night, as the defending champions built a 27-point lead halftime lead over the Toronto Raptors at at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday night.
But then in the second half, and especially the fourth quarter, the Raptors charged back, erasing that lead and bringing a once-dormant crowd to a fever pitch during the final seconds.