For the first time in forever, the Toronto Raptors had their horses back to take on the Nets last night. While Brooklyn was admittedly on the tail end of a back-to-back and missing two of their superstars in Kevin Durant and James Harden, there was still some high billing for the Raptors taking on a division rival and one of the Eastern Conference’s top teams.
Even though it looked in the first quarter like we were doomed for disappointment, the Raptors didn’t hurt us for long. Winning the second quarter 33-22 and the third 36-23, the team as a whole, but the starters especially, were on it from the first 16 minutes on, pushing Toronto to their fourth straight win, 114-103.