Coming into today’s game, it seemed like all of Raptors Twitter had the same expectation. Kawhi Leonard out for load management, an off-night in Miami, along with a Sunday afternoon game on Daylight Savings was a recipe for disaster. So naturally, the Raptors came out of the gates firing, had one of their best first half performances of the season, tied a franchise record in made threes, and went on to beat the Heat easily, 125-104.
With Kawhi out, it was interesting that coach Nick Nurse decided to start Patrick McCaw instead of Norman Powell or OG Anunoby.