Raptors played to not lose, not to win. Had no urgency the last minute. Dunno wtf, Leonard was doing with 8 seconds standing there. They needed a shot before the 5 second mark.
Disagree with your first 2 sentences. Kawhi did what stars do in crunch time and put the team in his back. That’s how they forged a lead late in the game. They were focused and on point. The mistake, I believe, was their own coach killing momentum with a time out.
I do fully agree with your last 2 sentences. The last possession was awful. After the offensive foul call, that’s where the coach needed to the time out. To set up a decent play rather than the playground crap. They could have been more prepared where to go with the ball when Kawhi got double teamed.
FWIW, that moving screen on Cousins irritates me from the standpoint that I saw it occur all game and they choose to call it there? I remember Looney sticking his @$$ out and moving while doing it to clip Van Fleet in the corner which gave Steph a wide open corner three which of course he hit. No call with the ref standing right there. But then they call that?
Don’t get me wrong, I wanted Toronto to win but that’s a rough call on DMC considering that pretty much everyone else had gotten away with it all game long.