Welcome back. It’s lonely without you guys. Christmas was good here, I hope it was for you too. Something was missing though, wasn’t it? The Toronto Raptors were once again left off of the Christmas Day schedule, I’m not annoyed because we see it every year. It’s just there’s now more than ever, the Raptors deserve to be playing on Christmas Day. The Raptors, at full strength, have proved to be the best team in the NBA.
But maybe that’s just it, the Raptors aren’t at full health now. It’s not even close. Ibaka returned from a short lay-off against the Heat on Boxing Day, Kyle Lowry has been in and out of the team too, he missed games against Cleveland and Miami, with a start against Philadelphia sandwiched in between the two.