Raptors’ game won’t remain the same come playoff time

It figures that in these instantaneous times, when it takes only a click or two on a keyboard to let the world know what’s going on, that basketball strategy would have taken a hit.

What might be surprising one minute is old hat a few minutes later, and that’s the kind of cat-and-mouse strategic game Raptors coach Nick Nurse is looking forward to when the NBA playoffs begin in a month or so.

He’s got some minor surprises he expects to spring on whichever first-round opponent the Raptors draw but he knows they might very well be one-time things.