Maybe Toronto’s start isn’t an Extinction Level Event just yet

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty ImagesAs the Raptors busta’d out of the gates in the opening quarter last Monday against their modern rival, the Boston Celtics, Raptors Twitter was ablaze again with hope. There was probably also hope from non-Twitter users that also watch Raps games but I cannot verify this. A 17–5 start to the game begat a 32–23 first quarter — and it involved Pascal Siakam actually participating. Raptors fans decided this was the three-point catharsis that would put the season back on track. A possible Siakam-led evisceration of the Celtics, the team that just eliminated the Raps from the playoffs would be the perfect symbolic gesture to put this team back on the path to glory.

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