Some rust was to be expected for the Raptors when they hit the floor for their first game since mid-March on Saturday night. Forgive me if I’ve led with this exact phrasing before, but these Raptors could give a damn about expectations, even amid a global pandemic.
The Raptors 107-92 punking of the Lakers was a dash of normal. It wouldn’t look out of place against any of the couple dozen running-through-walls wins they picked up before the pause. But in the light of something familiar that may threaten to draw our attention away from the world at large, it’s worth a reminder that this game and every other game in the NBA Disney bubble is secondary to the need to continue the work in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.