Raptors buy into play-in after road sweep of Hornets
find themselves in a spot of trouble and not anywhere near where they expected to be, fighting for a favourable spot in the play-in portion of the NBA playoffs.Loading...“Last year we were in the top six so I got to laugh at the play-in,” Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet said here Tuesday. “This year we’re in and you’ve got to wrap your mind around we’re going to win a game or two to get in .
“You’ve gotta have an open mind, you’ve gotta be positive about it,” VanVleet said before a 16-point, six-assist night on the Hornets. “It’s not going to change. We’re locked into a play-in spot now, so just be optimistic about it, be excited about it. I think it’s a great opportunity for us.” It looked a bit that way in the opening quarter against a Charlotte team missing the majority of its top rotation players.
He finished with 20 points in just over 20 minutes that included six three-pointers, and may very well have re-established himself as a deep rotation piece in the final three games of the regular season, and for however long the post-season lasts.
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