Aesthetically it was not one for the ages, a mishmash of turnovers, missed shots, fouls and every kind of lapse in between.
Dwane Casey knew it, everyone who closely watched the Toronto Raptors handle the Charlotte Hornets 96-90 at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday knew it, and the coach couldn’t come up with a glowing review.
“It was an old-fashioned, Eastern Conference, knock-down, drag-out, knock ’em, rock ’em, sock ’em game,” Casey said after the Raptors ran their record to 52-25 before another sellout crowd. “Not a lot of offence from us, (we) missed a lot of open looks (and had) a lot of turnovers in crucial situations but, again, we found a way.