After the Toronto Raptors were blown out in Game 3 by the Milwaukee Bucks, just about everyone in the basketball community counted them out the rest of the way.
However, after Dwane Casey inserted Norman Powell into the starting lineup for Game 4 a lot has changed for the Raptors.
They bounced back with a big 87-76 victory on Saturday afternoon, and backed that up with a huge 118-93 blowout victory on Monday evening.
Norm Powell led the way for the Raptors on Monday night by scoring a team-high 25 points in 34 minutes of action and was flying around the court all night long.
That wasn’t the only massive dunk the 23-year-old threw down on Monday night. With time expiring on the clock, Powell put the exclamation point on the Raptors’ Game 5 victory with an emphatic slam.
The Raptors are now one win away from advancing to the second round of the NBA playoffs and will get a chance to wrap up the series on Thursday night in Milwaukee.
