In as concise a manner as possible, let’s try to get a handle on what happened between the Raptors and the Nets on Friday night.
In the Raptors’ first ESPN appearance of the season, they entered Barclays Center to face a Brooklyn Nets team that has a Mount Rushmore of modern-day NBA offence on its roster and is averaging 122 points per game. The Raptors were also without their top defender, OG Anunoby, for the fifth-straight game, thanks to a calf strain.
Kevin Durant was yanked from the game during the anthems for COVID protocols, allowed back in almost eight minutes into the first quarter and was pulled out again in the third quarter for the night.