Which only further highlights the boldest through line in the Raptors’ long playoff journey to residing within two wins of their first NBA championship. But defence gets dubyas — or, at least, it’s been getting them for the Raptors all along this unprecedented post-season. After using a rare box-and-one on Curry in Game 2 — a defence Curry derided as “janky” — the Raptors found new ways to stymie their foes in Game 3. The Greek Freak suddenly appeared unenthused about driving into the teeth of the Raptors defence. But the Raptors’ defence was the bottom line.

Source: thestar June 07, 2019 01:52 UTC