For the second year in a row, the Toronto Raptors’ faithful will experience Christmas Day with a slight pang of melancholy. Last year, it was the Boston Celtics who put a damper on our spirits as they played the Grinch on our home court, adorned in green and acting with the goal of stealing joy from the Raptors and their fans. This year, we were not granted a Christmas Day game. Apparently, the sole criterion for Toronto to earn that honour is to win an NBA Championship and literally nothing else.
Instead, we played the New Orleans Pelicans on December 23rd, a game where a disappointing third quarter led to the first sub-.