Game 1 for the Raptors proved it really is a make or miss league

Sometimes basketball really is all about making your shots. The Raptors had a bad showing in Game 1 against the Boston Celtics, and a lot of that bad was earned through sloppy offense and poor decision making.

But also: you gotta hit your shots. And, boy, the Raps sure didn’t.

A Thousand Words

This is as good an introduction as any. Red is bad, green is good. And here’s the shot chart for the Raptors in Game 1:

Red actually means the team shot 10 percentage points below league average shooting for that region of the court.