There's something about this matchup that speaks to us.
There is something almost lyrical about the idea of Jonas Valanciunas and Andrea Bargnani facing off in a game of basketball. To many the matchup is merely a meeting of a large Lithuanian and a tall Italian. But to Toronto Raptors fans, it is the basketball past against its present and future.
Basketball-starved as you are, I have no doubt you're aware of the ongoing European basketball mashup happening right now in the form of the EuroBasket 2015 tournament. Time change be damned, this is thrilling stuff.