There are many ways to express it, but we need to account for the history of the Raptors in Game 1s. They’ve been in eleven of them and managed to win.... one. That, for you math heads out there, is a 1-10 record. It is qualitatively and quantitatively, uh, not good. We all want it to change.
The Bucks of recent history have not fared much better. The last time they won a Game 1 was all the way back in 2001 (the same year as the Raptors). It was this version of the Bucks who ultimately lost to the Sixers in the Conference Finals.