After beginning the road trip looking like supermen, the Raptors cannot wait to get home, get under a warm blanket and rest up those injuries. After sitting five rotation players in the loss against Denver on Sunday, Toronto doesn’t play again until Wednesday evening against the Indiana Pacers, a contest they hope to be healthier for.
It’s tough to sugarcoat this game folks, so let’s just call it what it was from the start — a slug fest. Toronto came out of the gate looking to rely on its single star in uniform: Kawhi Leonard — and rely they did.