Chapter 315: The Riley Doctrine.
As the third quarter ended, Raptors fans were left with both good and bad news.
The good? Dwane Casey made key adjustments, subbing out Luis Scola for Terrence Ross to stabilize the game. The Cavaliers hadn't managed to blow it open in the third.
The bad? The Raptors were still in the fight.
And that meant one thing—Han Sen, who had already racked up 51 points through three quarters, would be back on the floor in the fourth.
Another historic moment felt inevitable.
As Cory Joseph and Patrick Patterson led the Raptors in keeping the score close early in the quarter, some fans jokingly wished they could call Casey.
One playoff game was just that—a game.
But becoming the backdrop of NBA history?
That lasted forever.
Toronto had already been immortalized as the background for the NBA's highest-scoring regular season game.
Surely, the postseason record should belong to Miami.