'I just try to feel where the game is going, possession by possession.' Fred VanVleet had his fingers on the pulse of the Raptors' 134-110 win Monday to open their best-of-seven series with the BrooklynNets. (Via michaelgrange)
These are different times, so the Raptors changed things up and it was one of those gestures that really hit home. The Raptors will have been away from their families for eight weeks now and if they reach their goal of repeating as NBA champions the separation could be eight weeks more.
So was VanVleet who had the fingers on the pulse of a 134-110 win to open their best-of-seven series, a game in where Toronto both looked the part of a dominant, deep championship team that can completely dismantle a lesser opponent, and one that can be had if it doesn’t have all its parts moving in sync.
VanVleet helped the Raptors to a quick start, penetrating the paint at will and scoring or passing accordingly as Toronto led by 33 in the first half. “Freddy hit them on some unders a little bit,” explained Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. “We set some ball screens and they were going under . Clearly the Raptors were playing with purpose, even if they were far from their families and Jurassic Park was sitting empty.
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