Ah, I remember Monday. A younger time, a more innocent time... a time when I thought the Toronto Raptors had a great opportunity to start 2023 off right, with a win against a feisty Indiana Pacers team currently sitting well above them in the standings.
And so here we are, once again, hoping the Raptors take advantage of an opportunity to right the ship — because, at 16-21, those opportunities are dwindling. Tonight’s matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks is the first game of a six-game homestand, with no back-to-backs; the Bucks themselves are on a B2B, will be missing Khris Middleton, Joe Ingles, Goerge Hill and Jrue Holiday, and the Raptors are healthy (minus Otto Porter Jr.