All fourth quarter long, Raptors fans were waiting for the other shoe to drop.
It was Sunday night, and the Toronto Raptors had held a comfortable lead over the Orlando Magic for three quarters. But this 2020-21 Raptors team hasn’t exactly been lights out with comfortable leads; they’ve held double-digit leads in six of their 12 losses.
And so that deja vu feeling wasn’t unwarranted. The Magic had cut the Raptors’ once-22 point lead to eight with just under 10 minutes to go. Kyle Lowry missed a 15-footer, and the Magic came the other way, looking to make it a two-possession game.