He had already scored 12 fourth-quarter points when he found himself bleeding on the floor on the night the Toronto Raptors won Game 6 in Oakland, and the NBA championship. Kawhi Leonard carried the Raptors to the title and left in a league-shaking power play, in a summer that reordered the NBA. They were added to what we already had, and we made it work.”“I think we know who we are,” says Raptors coach Nick Nurse. Toronto did well without Kawhi last season, and the combination of defence and unselfish offence in those games should look familiar. Still, when Kawhi left it led to what is a crossroads season, and there is more than one possible road.

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 21:05 UTC