OAKLAND, Calif.—Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse had a laptop open on his desk one gray winter day earlier this season, long before he could have predicted his team would one day be two wins away from an NBA championship. It was the time of year when he had freedom to experiment, and Nurse was considering the variety of lineups he can play on any given night. “We look at ’em,” Nurse said. “We try to see what sense we can make out of them. I don’t know if we know what we’re doing, but we’ve gotta look at ’em.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 06, 2019 11:26 UTC