He took a three-pointer but missed it, drove and was fouled the next time he had the ball, hit a little runner in the paint and then split defenders to finish at the rim, all in the first four minutes of the game.
Things looked and must have felt normal for the Raptors with Fred VanVleet back in the lineup Wednesday night in San Antonio.
VanVleet, who missed five games with a knee bruise, provided a measure of order in his return, scoring 26 points and adding a couple of assists and six rebounds as the Raptors snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Spurs 119-104 and denying San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich the chance to take over sole possession of first place on the NBA’s all-time winning list.