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The Toronto Raptors have been an inconsistent team in the playoffs so far, but head coach Nick Nurse is playing it down and is not one bit bothered about the concern.
Toronto is currently tied with the Philadelphia 76ers at 3-3 in their Eastern Conference Semifinals showdown. Both teams won one game on the road each and are now headed to a winner-takes-all Game 7 on Sunday evening.
The Raptors looked like the more dominant team, especially with Kawhi Leonard anchoring both their offense and defense. However, there are still concerns about the team, particularly on the offensive end. In Game 1 alone, Toronto won 108-95, but they followed it up with back-to-back losses — a 94-89 defeat in Game 2 and a 116-95 thrashing in Game 3.
Nurse has come under scrutiny for some of his rotation decisions as well as the inconsistent play of his team in the series. However, the first-year head coach doesn't think that it's a big issue, even pointing out that the Golden State Warriors also played poorly at times.
Nurse: "It's like (people say), 'It's impossible that your team played that poorly'. Well, Golden State's laid a couple eggs in the playoffs too this year. You've just gotta look around a little bit. Things happen, you've gotta bounce back. That's where we are."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) May 11, 2019
Indeed, Nurse is apt to liken his team to the Warriors, who produced one of the more amusing early playoff storylines when they dropped a home game in which they held a 31-point lead in the second half.
As long as the Raptors don’t do that, Nurse and Co. should be in good shape — no matter what happens in Game 7.
