TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard was asked a perfectly logical question on Friday afternoon about whether the addition of so many players who were not part of previous Raptors playoff struggles would help this team get over the hump. Leonard, the guy who was brought to Toronto specifically because the Raptors Playoff Express kept ending up in a ditch with a cracked windshield and smoke pouring out from under the hood, would not take the bait. Unlike the upset specials so routinely observed in the NHL and MLB, the NBA playoffs lean heavily toward chalk in the early rounds. “I think the best thing is that nobody in our circle, and in this building, and not very many people around are trying to live in playoffs past,” he said. Nurse said he liked what Lowry had said a day earlier, when he was asked if this was the best Raptors team he had ever been on.

Source: National Post April 12, 2019 23:26 UTC