Holly MacKenzie - Raptors.com
With a leg kick and the blow of a whistle, it was over. As officials awarded Minnesota’s Tyus Jones a pair of free throws in a game tied at 79 with 0.4 seconds remaining on the clock, Toronto’s hope of remaining undefeated as they chased the summer league title were dashed.
The Toronto Raptors didn’t fulfill their goal of winning a summer league championship this summer, but they had a successful session in Las Vegas all the same. For the second consecutive season, Norman Powell was the talk of the Thomas & Mack Center, from media row to front row, as writers, coaches and players alike marvelled over the 46th pick in the 2015 draft.