RJ HITS GAME WINNER – SCOTTIE BALLS OUT – RAPTORS WIN GAME 6 – PULL UP TRE

Samson Folk & Trevon Heath talk about Game 6.

From Samson’s piece:

“If ever we needed you Toronto, it’s now!” Herbie Kuhn’s voice blared out as the Raptors faithful chanted “DEFENSE” at the top of their lungs. The Raptors stunted the Cavs initial play, forcing a timeout and another run at things.

It was a Mobley catch in the deep corner, a drive, with long, loping steps and a finish at the mountaintop over CMB. It took the Cavaliers 4 seconds to tie the game. The Raptors had 11 seconds to win it, and they didn’t. It was a scrappy screening play between Barnes & Shead where the Raptors star had trouble negotiating the middle ground of the Cavaliers attention, and threw a pass to Shead that forced up a bit of an off balance heave that caught the rim twice, but danced off.

Overtime.

The final 5 minutes were a crawl through the mud. Both teams were toggling through screening partners, trying desperately to carve out some sort of advantage, some sort of good look, but they both mostly settled for tough makes. Neither side poured it in. Grimy, grindy buckets. The Raptors were trying desperately to disguise the fact that Barnes’ energy levels appeared to be lower than zero. He’d been the best player in the series, and they couldn’t ask him to close it out with the vigor of his shot making from earlier in the game. Shead had two free throws to tie the game after worming loose against Allen – he split the pair.

The lefties teamed up again. CMB assaulted Mobley for a steal.

With the Raptors, looking their death in the face, RJ Barrett reached back for a triple that bounced once off the back rim, touched heaven, then floated back into bucket, for the win.”

Have a blessed day.

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