Welcome to Forgotten Raptors Playoffs! All throughout the 2019 NBA Playoffs, we’ll be looking back at past Raptors series — going all the way back to 2000 — and digging into the hidden, underrated, forgotten or straight-up wacky subplots and memories!
We start off with that very first playoff appearance in Raptors history, from the 1999-00 season.
Toronto Raptors (45-37, 6th seed) vs. New York Knicks (50-32, 3rd seed)
The Outcome
What Everyone Remembers
Raptors head coach Butch Carter filed a defamation lawsuit against Knicks center (and former Raptor) Marcus Camby, who said, basically, “no one likes Butch Carter.