On career-high day, VanVleet's biggest play for Raptors was on defence - Sportsnet.ca

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Even on a night when Fred VanVleet was pumping up his point totals, his defensive awareness was what got the Raptors a win over the Heat. (michaelgrange)

Guarding the Heat’s Goran Dragic away from the ball, VanVleet is at the bottom of the defence directing traffic as Miami’s sideline out-of-bounds play unfolds.

In that moment VanVleet’s man — Goran Dragic — floats up the lane to set a back screen for Crowder on Raptors centre Marc Gasol, potentially freeing up the Heat high-flyer for a lob. “I think what makes it unique is this, he doesn’t look very fast out there, right?” said Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, who has come to rely on VanVleet’s ability to decipher everything around him in real time.

It was all on display as VanVleet stymied what would have been the tying score to conclude a comeback from what had been a 15-point lead built when VanVleet was on fire in the third. More importantly, VanVleet’s hard step briefly creates the illusion that Dragic is going to be open after he sets the screen and rolls to the basket.

 

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