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This win was about more than shooting, passing, and defense. This young team is developing mental toughness and the ability to close out games after getting a lead.
“If you just take basketball out of the situation, I think it was a step for maturity,” [Jarrett] Allen said. “It was a step that we were going to hold our ground and go out there and play basketball and show toughness. A step for us growing as people and players.”
“Collin took that challenge and he carried us in the third quarter,” Bickerstaff said following the win. “When you have those incidents you have to be prepared to back it up. You’re playing against guys that have championship DNA. I thought that was impressive to me, how we responded in the third quarter. You can’t expect a guy to do that on his own, we are a team. I thought all those guys rallied around him and then he led the way.”
We have two more games against the Raptors this year and they will want some payback and I assume they will be fighting for a playoff spot. Those should be a couple of really intense games. I think next time they will take Dean Wade a little more seriously.
“If you just take basketball out of the situation, I think it was a step for maturity,” [Jarrett] Allen said. “It was a step that we were going to hold our ground and go out there and play basketball and show toughness. A step for us growing as people and players.”
“Collin took that challenge and he carried us in the third quarter,” Bickerstaff said following the win. “When you have those incidents you have to be prepared to back it up. You’re playing against guys that have championship DNA. I thought that was impressive to me, how we responded in the third quarter. You can’t expect a guy to do that on his own, we are a team. I thought all those guys rallied around him and then he led the way.”
We have two more games against the Raptors this year and they will want some payback and I assume they will be fighting for a playoff spot. Those should be a couple of really intense games. I think next time they will take Dean Wade a little more seriously.