Against the Sixers it took 'The Shot', against the Bucks it took rallying from being down 0-2. No part of getting here was easy for the Raptors and, in the end, that might make all the difference. (michaelgrange) WeTheNorth l NBAPlayoffs
at the trade deadline in February there were other connections that helped bonds form quickly for the big Spaniard, who had only played for the Memphis Grizzlies in his 12-year NBA career. He played part of his rookie season with Lowry in Memphis and Spanish national team coach Sergio Scariolo is one of Nick Nurse’s assistant coaches.is a Spanish national team teammate. There have been years of Western Conference battles with Leonard and Green from their Spurs years.
Teams that make seismic-type changes year-over-year aren’t supposed to excel the way the Raptors have – their 58-win season felt like just a warm-up. Championship-level basketball is supposed to be best savoured after a long simmer, not a quick boil. The 2008 Celtics were the exception, not the rule. Remember? Even the first edition of the Miami Heat failed to win a title in 2011. It took a season to work out the kinks.
And already it takes only a little bit of imagination to see how things could have gone off the rails here before reaching this stage: The Raptors didn’t so much win the Eastern Conference, they survived an 18-game war of attrition that pushed them to the limit.They’re glad of it. When a team doesn’t have the opportunity to grow organically over time, being forged in a crucible will have to do.
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