The Raptors are always going to try to play fast and utilize a multitude of ball-handlers who can rip down a rebound and run.
It’s how they’re built, how they need to play. It is their offensive identity, and the Philadelphia 76ers knew it.
“What makes them so difficult (is) other teams have to find the point guard or two guard to bring the ball up,” Sixers coach Doc Rivers was saying Wednesday evening. “Anyone can bring it up on that team.”
And while it was nice of Rivers to bring it up in his pre-game media session, the message never got through to his players.