It was late in the game, the Raptors had just run another fruitless isolation possession through Kawhi Leonard, Tony Brothers had kept a silent whistle through some rough play, and Russell Westbrook had tied the game at 110 with a running layup with 4.8 seconds left.
You can’t blame a Raptors fan for feeling negative, right?
Largely, though, Wednesday night was a tremendous positive for the Toronto basketball team. First off, they got an important win — 123-114 over Oklahoma City in overtime — in the first game of a home-and-home that prefaces an otherwise breezy finish to the regular season.