COMMENTARY
We’re going to stop underestimating the Raptors, now, right?
Maybe it’s because they’re based in Toronto, or because their franchise doesn’t have much history of note, or because their Olympian backcourt of DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry is more fiercely effective than it is stylish. But it seems to me Celtics fans have treated the Raptors like a minor nuisance — something akin to a trip through customs — en route to the green’s rightful place as the second seed in the Eastern Conference.
Maybe some of the Celtics players have thought this way too.