History was against them. Critics were against them. The fan base was nervous with guarded optimism. The Toronto Raptors were expected to lose. They won. Big!
There’s no other way to put it: this was a good old fashioned butt whipping. Indiana lead for about 3 minutes and 30 seconds. It was all Raptors from there. Toronto would lead by 7 after the first quarter, and open up a lead of 23 points without ever looking back once! The Pacers would try to make a run several times in the game, but could not get the lead back to single digits.