There’s always a frustrating rhythm when the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat play. It’s both reassuring and maddening that a pandemic and a bubble can’t do anything to change that.
It reached its zenith back in 2016 when the two teams met in the Eastern Conference semifinal, a slugfest of a series that may have turned some people off of basketball entirely. It was both defence-oriented and a total mess, with players grinding out baskets in order to put themselves ahead.
We’re four years on from that, and the faces have changed significantly, but the basketball that comes when you pair a top tier defensive team (the Raptors) and Heat Culture™, you’re sure to have a chess match on your hands.