In case you were worried the Toronto Raptors would need time finding their groove again, Wednesday’s opener vs the Cavaliers showed the team is as Raptors-y as ever: passing lanes were eviscerated by long arms, shutdown defense was played down the stretch, Pascal Siakam was scoring spicily, scoring droughts occurred, and the Raptors’ second-round rookie looked NBA-ready in his debut. Masai Ujiri and the scouting department will not be stopped.
Tonight, the Raptors heads to Brooklyn, where they will take on the Brooklyn Nets, a team that features one of the league’s greatest scorers ever in Kevin Durant, and one of the league’s greatest conspiracy theorists ever, Kyrie Irving.