Remember Game 1? The “oh no, here we go again?” feeling? The jokes on twitter, the “same old Raptors” takes on TV, the eye-roll emojis, the “Kyle Lowry stinks” flamewars.
That seems like a million years ago.
The Toronto Raptors did it. They really did it! Despite that Game 1 blip, they went on to win a playoff series in decisive fashion, as a top seed should do, leaving no doubt as to the validity of that seed or their regular season record.
This... is an Odd Feeling
We are officially in uncharted territory as Raptors fans.