Five thoughts on last night: Raptors 124, Bucks 113

OG Anunoby made his return to the Toronto Raptors lineup last night, and Nick Nurse started small, and for one half, all was right with the world, as the Raptors hung tight with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Then Kyle Lowry twisted his ankle, sapping almost all joy from the proceedings. The Raptors weathered Lowry’s absence behind a big game from Fred VanVleet, knocking off the Bucks 124-113, but now we need to wait and see if the Raptors will be down another starter.

1. Good Starters, Great Start

We finally — finally! — got the small-ball starting lineup the Raptors should have been playing all along (and against a not-small opponent too) and guess what? It worked! Starting Lowry, VanVleet, Anunoby,…