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Raptors coaching switch pays off as agent of change

The Orlando series isn’t yet over, and there’s a long ways to go for the Toronto Raptors to feel anything close to fully satisfied this season.

But there are some conclusions we can reach.

Nick Nurse has taken the ball and run with it in his first season as an NBA head coach, guiding the Raptors to three straight playoff wins with a lineup that seems ready to go much farther.

As much as it rips off ticket-buying fans and those who turn on the television to watch their favourite Toronto-based NBA team play, it seems abundantly clear that the “load management” program assigned to Kawhi Leonard has indeed put Leonard in a strong position to be at his best this spring.