With a Game 5 win in the books, the Raptors look to close out the series in Washington, where they have yet to win a game this spring. We covered the big reasons why they dropped Game 4 in our last piece — how did Game 5 differ?
This is the big story out of Game 5. After leaving him on the bench in the 4th in all four games, the coaching staff went back to the big man for the final 8 minutes of the 4th quarter in this game. They were rewarded with Jonas Valanciunas posting a +18 in the 4th quarter alone (team-best +19 on the night).