Two years ago, Bebe was enraptured and almost in awe. His teammate, Norman Powell, had just taken over a playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks — not quite out of nowhere, but he had kept his nerve, his confidence. Bebe, the seven-foot Brazilian tattoo landscape also known as Lucas Nogueira, had trouble pulling himself together. He had a question.
“I just ask him: How?” said Nogueira, after Toronto’s 118-93 blowout of the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 of their first-round series in 2017. “I struggle with my focus and my confidence, and I see him in here every day.