The Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets are set to renew their rivalry today in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. The familiar franchises will have faced each other in three of the last fourteen postseasons... which, admittedly, doesn’t sound like a whole lot. In fact, for two teams in the same conference who haven’t endured anything approaching a Sacramento Kings-esque playoff drought, it’s not an especially high number. In just the last five years, the Raptors have played two series against both the Wizards and Bucks. Hell, they faced the Cavaliers in three consecutive postseasons.
How We Got Here: A history of the Raptors-Nets rivalry
