But there's a time for everything, and it was the Raptors' time to expire.
James advanced to the Finals, as he does, representing the Eastern Conference
yet again. Now, they wait on the winner of the NBA Live Coins Thunder and the Warriors,
possibly coming on Saturday in their own Game 6.1. This series was more fun than
we thought it would beThe first two games were not fun, leading to reasonable
expectations that the series would end in five games or even a sweep.
Instead, Toronto came back, won both games at home and terrified Cavaliers
fans who still didn't quite trust their team after years of ineptitude.Drake and
LeBron had a television moment. There was some trash talk. Cleveland took care
of business after the Toronto detour, but we enjoyed ourselves.2. The Raptors
have a futureToronto's firstund struggles were sad and it looked for a minute
like they'd lose the second round, too.
Yet here they stand, deeper in the playoffs than they've ever been as a
franchise, even subverting expectations outlined above about a quick four-game
sweep. Kyle Lowry broke out of his early playoffs slump to keep Toronto alive at
all costs like he had throughout the year. DeMar DeRozan had moments during
Games 3 and 4, too. The Raptors are a younger team, and while they do have free
agency questions (namely Bismack Biyombo),this is a great start.
Vanquishing their first-round demons had to be done. The Raptors should be a
force in the East for a while, and this is just the beginning. Seriously,
though: LeBron's incredibleThis many playoff games is a beating. It's an
absolute grind. James is the greatest player of our generation, so great that
it's entirely too easy to look past how absurd six straight Finals appearances
is.After this Buy NBA 2K18 MT season LeBron will minimally have played 125 playoff games in six
straight Finals trips. More than 7.5 seasons packed into 6.— MTnba2k.com
