The crowd gathered outside Jurassic Park early Saturday morning for Game 1 of Raptors-Wizards. Inside the Air Canada Centre, the fans sang the national anthem as they did last season. After a week full of trash talking, it was time to start the playoffs.
In the first quarter, both teams came out struggling, shooting a combined 4-for-21 in the first six minutes. The Raptors led by four at the end of one. Nene -- Eric Koreen's former Twitter avatar -- grabbed seven rebounds in the first.
Paul Pierce was booed loudly during the intros, whenever he touched the ball, and even when DeMar DeRozan was at the free throw line.