Masai Ujiri wondered the other day about the Raptors’ attitude toward each other and the collective experience of some of the players in the final moments of close games. And then the Raptors immediately gave him more fodder — not good — for his deliberations. They blew a 13-point lead with about five minutes remaining, crushed by bad defence and a stagnant offence, and gave a game to the Utah Jazz. “I think at times in the season we got a little bit too individual, I think there’s times in the season when we went away from (a true team approach),” Ujiri said. “That’s what happens with young players and young teams.

Source: The Star February 11, 2023 22:22 UTC