TORONTO - The Raptors locker room was unnervingly quiet Friday evening, about
how you would expect it after the implausible ending that sealed the teams fate
in a double-overtime disaster.
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corner sat an inconsolable John Salmons, the elephant in the room. Facing his
locker, Salmons slouched forward in his chair, his head down in his hands and a
long black towel draped over him. One by one his teammates came over to comfort
him, patting him on the back and offering words of encouragement. He didnt move.
He remained in that position, perfectly still for over 30 minutes. They win as a
team and they lose as a team, but Salmons felt the brunt of it on this night.
What seemed like a sure victory late in the second overtime period began to
unravel when an exceptional player made an exceptional shot. With the Raptors up
by eight, 49 seconds away from an improbable victory and season-sweep of the
50-win Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant banked in a 27-foot three-p
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