Missing three key guys against a red-hot Indiana Pacers team coming off a tough loss, you knew the Indiana Raptors were in tough in this one. You knew it was gonna be a fight, and probably ugly, and that you’d probably see some things you hadn’t seen before this season.
You got it all last night.
It’s the holidays, which means many a social gathering, which means fewer games watched in real time — and scores relayed intermittently throughout the evening.
Last night, shortly after arriving at a restaurant with some out of town family, my phone buzzed with the score at the end of first quarter.