Monday afternoon went how many hoped a lot of the Raptors previous Round 1, Game 1s would go. Toronto looked mostly in control throughout and they now enter Game 2 this Wednesday afternoon with a 1-0 series lead over the Brooklyn Nets.
Toronto as a franchise now approves to 2-10 in such opening playoff games, but the work isn’t done yet. Fifteen wins remains before the Raptors can claim themselves as back-to-back champions, and three more are needed versus the Nets to advance to Round 2.
Usually we’d be talking about how it’s important for the Raptors to win both the first two games at home, but with a neutral site in the Disney Bubble that is not the case.