1. Let’s not overreact. It’s one loss. Yes, the Raptors are banged up and missing three key rotation players. But this is still the NBA. Every year, even the best team has a bad loss or two on their ledger. It happens. And most win streaks (the Celtics were on a five-game streak) end with a bad loss and/or blowout. This was just a bad night against a good, if depleted, team. That said, there were some good and bad things from the Boston side.
2. Let’s highlight the good plays before talking about the multitude of things that went wrong.