Happy New Year, everyone! It’s time for New Year’s Day inter-conference basketball with the Toronto Raptors (27-11) and the Utah Jazz (18-19). The Raptors are coming off Sunday’s tiring (to both watch and play, probably) grind-it-out 95-89 victory against Chicago. Utah? Well, they last played on Saturday, crushing the Knicks 129-97.
The Raptors in 2019 are hoping to get all their players healthy and on the same page for what feels like the first time (or at least for a long time). And the Jazz, well, this is not the season they were hoping for.