The Star · Nov 30, 2018
Raptors’ imperfect storm all about balance
It’s not a perfect game that Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse seeks, but rather a less imperfect one.
It is too much for any coach to ask of his team, to put together 48 pristine minutes on any night. There will always be lulls and periods of uninspired play, and any coach worth his clipboard and expensive suit knows that.
The Raptors’ Nick Nurse is keeping expectations real in his first season as an NBA head coach.Getting 36 excellent minutes — or 38 or 34 or 42 — is often good enough. Extended periods of hounding defence and balletic offence can offset those other minutes of missed shots, blown assignments and turnovers.