Scientists have studied this for decades, but I feel like we have yet to reach a conclusive answer: is it better to lose a tightly contested game, one decided by a handful of possessions or maybe one or two good shots, or is there something to the idea of a blowout, time spent just watching your team get steamrolled for two and a half hours? This is an open question.
For the Raptors, the losses have been relatively few and far between. They begin this week 36-16, with a firm grasp on second place in the East.