Nick Nurse’s Toronto Raptors may have fallen short in the playoffs against the Boston Celtics, but the Toronto head coach left his counterpart impressed.
After his team won Game 7 on Friday night, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens was highly complimentary of Nurse’s coaching during the series.
According to The Athletic's Celtics reporter Jay King, Stevens said they saw “more defenses and more stuff” from the Raptors than he’s seen as a coach.
That’s a major credit to Nurse, who coached the Raptors to the NBA championship last year.
Even though Toronto did not win it all, the Raptors took Boston to a Game 7 in the conference semifinals and pressed the Celtics hard. They had a very nice season even after losing Kawhi Leonard in free agency and might have surpassed the expectations of those who thought they would not contend in the East.
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