One of the competing media conglomerates that owns part of the Toronto Raptors is at least complicit in the team being stuck with an unenviable starting time for Game 1 of its playoff series, a tip off coach Dwane Casey suggests speaks to a lack of respect for the 56-win team.
Sportsnet, which is a part-owner of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, will broadcast Game 1 against the Indiana Pacers at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on its two main networks.
It will be a television lead-in to — and take away any competition from — a 4 p.