Let's try to ease our anxiety and reflect on tonight's Game 3 between the Raptors and the Pacers.
The Raptors have never been in firm control of a playoff series. They've had leads, no doubt, but never a solid hold. Tonight, as the Raps' opening round series against the Pacers shifts to Indiana, the team will look to take its first step in that particular direction. For does 3-1 not follow 2-1, and so on and so forth, forever and ever, amen? Well, OK, maybe.
I'm an anxious Raptors fan -- which is to say, a Raptors fan -- so I'm more willing to believe the worst before I believe the best.