Jefferson, who needed surgery to fix a bothersome right ankle in January, went right at Bosh, spun, elevated to the rim and scored a layup to bring the crowd of more than 17,000 roaring to its feet.

Carter just smiled.

"That shows the character of our team and the weapons we have on our team," said Carter, who finished with 21 points on 6-of-19 shooting. "For the last couple of plays, they were really loading on me and sending a lot of guys to the middle. This time, they put me on the wing and R.J. had a one-on-one drive to the basket and had a hell of a finish."

Jefferson's play at the other end of the floor was just as good.

The Raptors, who rebuilt their team in the offseason and supplanted the underachieving Nets as the Atlantic Division champions, wanted to go to Bosh on somewhat of an alley-oop play.

Jose Calderon took the inbounds pass about 10 feet inside the midcourt line. He dribbled a couple of times and then tried to lob a pass to Bosh, who had scored 13 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.

Jefferson fought off a little shove in the back from Bosh and leaped high to steal the pass.

Within seconds, the series was over.

"We executed the play we wanted," said Bosh, who also had nine assists and seven rebounds. "Richard Jefferson made a super athletic play. If that ball gets over him, we probably win the game."

NBA coach of the year Sam Mitchell agreed after the Raptors experienced postseason play for the first time since 2002.

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