What a missed opportunity. The chances were there for the Raptors to put the Cavaliers away in Game 1, and I bet they’d like to have a do-over on many of those late game possessions.
We can all blame Jonas Valanciunas’ several missed shots near the end of the fourth. Or we can cry over the back-to-back-to-back missed putbacks by DeMar DeRozan, C.J. Miles and JV. Or we can bemoan Fred VanVleet’s two missed wide-open three-pointers. Or get upset at how passive Kyle Lowry played down the stretch, or the missed Flagrant 1 call on Kevin Love.