OAKLAND, CALIF.—Nick Nurse searches, he always searches, moving from one idea quickly to the next if things aren’t going well for the Raptors.
He and his team try to figure it out on the fly because rotations sometimes change, lineups don’t always look the same and there’s no reason to dawdle with the stakes being so high.
And in the biggest game of the season — at least before Monday night at home — Nurse’s rapid-fire decisions never came as quickly.
Danny Green struggles early? Get him out for Fred VanVleet after about six minutes.
Getting hammered on the boards?