It’s not business as usual at the Air Canada Centre. Not this year.
Deep down, we all knew it would happen — the monkey on the backs of every Toronto player, no matter the length of their tenure with the team, was finally discarded by everyone on the team on Saturday night.
It was only a matter of time before DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry and Dwane Casey won a Game 1 together. Sure enough, it was their revamped offense that delivered the win during the final minutes.
Despite the win however, there were areas that Toronto can improve upon, as Casey would attest, and better yet — the Wizards showed their hand on defense, and that should help Toronto better prepare for tonight’s match-up.