'He's become a great shooter — not a good shooter, a great shooter.' Kawhi Leonard is all the talk after the Raptors' Game 2 dismantling of the Magic:
The Sentinel’s Roy Parry takes a look at the effectiveness of the Raptors’ “load management” strategy with Leonard, and why it’s helped to unleash a monster on the Magic:
And now they have him right where they need him to be for their first-round playoff series against the Orlando Magic.“So we got ahead of the game. We kind of originally made a plan [of] no back-to-backs. I think that made common sense early, and we just kind of stayed ahead most of the time,” Nurse said. “The team played probably well enough to be able to have a little bit more luxury of keep going no back-to-backs and no quick turnarounds as the season wore on.
“When Kyle Lowry plays like crap, and he’s under contract for three years [Editor’s note: it’s two years], you’re leaving! This is a point guard-driven league, and that’s your point guard.”The Orlando Pinstripe Post details how the Raptors decimated the Magic and responded in a “must-win” scenario: The Raptors never trailed, and utterly dominated the Magic at both ends of the court in Game 2, winning 111-82 for their largest postseason margin of victory in franchise history.
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