It was Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley who said the NBA is a “make-or-miss league” and in the closing seconds Monday night, the Brooklyn Nets missed and the Toronto Raptors made.
Kawhi Leonard canned a pull-up jumper off the glass from the right elbow with 4.2 seconds left to give the Raptors (42-16) a tough 127-125 victory over the Nets (29-29) at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
In a game where neither team held a double-digit lead and featured 16 ties and 11 lead changes, Brooklyn roared back from eight points down with 3:56 remaining to take a three-point lead with 50.