Regression to the mean is inevitable. You knew the Raptors weren’t going to go undefeated. You knew Kyle Lowry wouldn’t shoot 53% from downtown all year. You knew some other team was gonna catch fire. All that and more happened last night as the Milwaukee Bucks (sans Giannis Antetokounmpo) blitzed Toronto (sans Kawhi Leonard, Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby) to drop the Raptors to 6-1—and remain undefeated at 7-0 themselves. Let’s see what we saw:
The Raptors’ Defense was Far From Locked In
So this is a pretty ridiculous shot chart from Milwaukee last night:
It’s notable not just because of the Moreyball-esque balance of paint shots and three pointers to non-paint twos, but because of the giant blob of red at the rim—and because all of the non-paint twos were misses.