Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks come to town Friday evening to face off against a white-hot Raptors team hunting for a record-setting sixth straight victory to open the season. The current record for best start to the season (5-0) came in 2015-16, which unsurprisingly ended with the team’s most successful playoff run — a six-game Eastern Conference Finals series against the Cavaliers. This team though... This team is something special.
In fact, it’s so special that Raptors fans are left stuttering in delight on game night. Most lifetime fans watching have no idea how to react anymore — we simply have never experienced the type of intensity with which this team plays each and every night.