At the end of a year that’s found a way to essentially throw all of our lives in a blender, it’s fitting that the final days of 2020 were a bit of a mess for the Toronto Raptors and a big chunk of the NBA, too.
The first handful of games have seen some surprising teams at the top of the standings early and some equally surprising ones at or near the bottom. For the first time in 15 years, that’s where the Raptors found themselves after dropping three winnable games in a row.
As the world happily opened the door for 2020’s departure on Thursday, the Raptors did the same in Tampa and found a shred of normalcy that they’ll try to bring with them into the 2021 portion of the schedule.