Dave Feschuk: Raptors know chances like Game 7 don’t come around often
It was a snapshot of Toronto basketball history when the ceiling was assumed to be unlimited, the prosperity seemingly perennial.
Perhaps you’ll remember the details. Charles Oakley set the screen worthy of an offensive lineman. Dell Curry threw the on-point inbounds pass. And in that monumental instant, as Vince Carter pump-faked and jumped and fired, everything seemed possible for Toronto’s nascent NBA team. Carter was only 24 years old. He was coming off a season in which he’d be named all-NBA second team — one of the 10 best players in basketball as voted by the media. As measured by Player Efficiency Rating (PER), the all-in statistic that’s a useful gauge of one’s place in the league hierarchy, only the mighty Shaquille O’Neal ranked higher. Better things seemed sure to come.
Published at Sun, 12 May 2019 00:41:21 +0000
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