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Nate Mitchell sits and watches the NBA playoffs these days and a sense of pride washes over him. Doug Smith is a sports reporter based in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @smithraps.

But they need more focus, more adhering to schemes and game plans, more smarts and fewer game-blowing lulls. Doug Smith is a sports reporter based in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @smithraps.

it might be easy for the Raptors to figure out how to fix things. But it’s not. Doug Smith is a sports reporter based in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @smithraps.