TOR has been without their 2nd leading scorer 1st 3 games and leading scorer last 2. They missed 1 combined game the regular season.I get that, but teams change significantly over years. I think a comparison to last years team is valid but beyond that there is so much changeover the only strong commonality is the B on the sweater. I don’t buy that the teams performance 2-3 years ago has
any bearing on how they performed yesterday.
Last year they choked, no doubt. This year their biggest sin is allowing the series to get extended to 6 against a similarly matched opponent. If they were truly evenly matched you’d expect this to happen about 2/3 of the time. Let’s say the Bs are better but not a powerhouse - maybe then half the time (statistically) the series makes it to Game 6.
I personally don’t believe we should throw out the performance of their wins and only focus on their performance in their losses. I can see others disagree
Odds below if teams are perfectly matched
B's were as healthy as they could be this series. They are not close to even given those circumstances.