Raps have to pretend it's Game 7: Forgetting the past seems to be the theme for the Raptors heading into Game 6 ... with one slight distinction. The failure in the Brooklyn Nets series two years ago, when Toronto had the same 3-2 lead in the series and lost in seven games, has left one lasting lesson that the Raptors are hoping they have learned from — seize the first opportunity and don’t let it get to a second. -- Toronto Sun

Pacers' Paul George being home-schooled by Raptors: In this back and forth, impossible-to-explain, playoff series of basketball mysteries, there may be just one certainty. Paul George, who turns 26 on Monday, is the best player in this series. And as the best player on either team, the 6-foot-9 forward has been far more effective on the road than he has been at home. -- Toronto Sun

Hard work gets results, Bismack Biyombo says: It sounds simple, but many of the Raptors firmly believe the winner and loser each game has been whoever played the hardest for the longest. "The thing that I look at is that if you see the series, whoever wins the game is whoever puts more (physicality) into the game," Bismack Biyombo said ahead of Friday's crucial sixth game. -- Toronto Sun

Raptors coach Dwane Casey has his options: Dwane Casey loved what he got out of his put-together five-man unit that brought the game home in Game 5, but there's no guarantee we'll see it again in Game 6. "It wasn't a magic pill, it was just about playing hard and meeting their physicality, not getting pushed around, not getting hit and taking yourself out of the play," Casey said of that unit that included Bismack Biyombo, Norm Powell, Cory Joseph and Kyle Lowry along with the shared final spot between DeMar DeRozan and Terrence Ross. -- Toronto Sun

Raptors' Luis Scola to carry Argentina flag in Rio: Heading into his fourth Olympic Games this summer, Raptors forward Luis Scola found out on Wednesday that he will carry Argentina’s flag into the opening ceremony on Aug. 5. -- Toronto Star

Raptors expect all George, all the time: Considering Dwane Casey is the head coach of an NBA franchise that’s ventured past the post-season’s first round just once in two-plus decades, you’ll understand why he didn’t want to talk about the past in the lead-up to Friday’s Game 6. -- Toronto Star

The Raptors search for the real Raptors: Before Game 1 we were all out of good questions, more or less, so I offered a last one to Dwane Casey before the thing began: Do you have any idea, Dwane, how your team is going to play? -- Toronto Star

Sound familiar? Pacers handing out #WeTheGold T-shirts for Game 6: After losing Game 5 in spectacular fashion to the Raptors, the Indiana Pacers are making every adjustment they can to avoid a Game 6 elimination at home on Friday. That includes handing out free shirts to fans that feature a familiar-sounding #WeTheGold slogan. -- Toronto Star

Casey steps out of his comfort zone as Raptors find new ways to win: Norman Powell sat down at the podium in the interview room of the BioSteel Centre and spoke into the microphone. He was taken aback by the noise, moving the microphone further back from his mouth to limit it. -- Sportsnet.ca

Raptors’ rookie sensation Powell becoming an unlikely playoff hero: Norman Powell was about to tie a game that, a short time earlier, had all the knotting potential of a brick and cinder block. But there he was, a rookie charging toward an open hoop, having just intercepted a pass before it got to the hands of the best player in the series. -- Sportsnet.ca

Paul George on Pacers facing elimination: 'It’s on everybody to get this win': All season, Paul George has played with the intent of pushing the Indiana Pacers as far as he could take them. Elimination, in the form of Game 6 on Friday, is the obstacle in front of George and the Pacers in their first-round NBA playoff series against the Toronto Raptors. An upset George on Thursday didn't concern himself with the Raptors, the minor adjustments the Pacers may make or the possibility of a decisive Game 7. -- The Indianapolis Star

Is Indiana ready for Raptors' return?: They are loud, and they are coming. Those basketball fans in Toronto, they’re not normal. They are NFL fans with an NBA team. They travel. They drink. They scream. And they’re headed this way. Game 6 is Friday. -- The Indianapolis Star

Questions surround George, reserves: The bench that had been so productive late in the season abandoned him in Game 5, and his All-Star has played at an All-Star level throughout the series. So, with the season having finally reached a must-win game, does Frank Vogel abandon his bench while draining every possible tick of the clock from his All-Star? Or does he offer second chances? -- Pacers.com