Despite a sloppy loss to the Suns to finish their exhibition schedule, the Raptors couldn’t be better positioned heading into the seeding games. (Via michaelgrange)
Their NBA title defence briefly looked like it could be snatched from them by circumstances well beyond anything they or anyone else could control, but is now set to begin in earnest.
“I think I’m glad there isn’t any more of these, right?” said Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, without any argument. “I think we’ve gone one too far with these … certainly [based on] our mindset or the way we played tonight. Goal number one was to get through the exhibition games healthy and goal two was to get all of the key pieces ramped up for more intense competition to come.
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