The thing about playing a basketball game in Tokyo, Japan is that, well, you may as well just play another one while you’re there. This is how most long-haul decision-making is done after all — if you’re going to travel halfway around the world for whatever reason, you should make it worth your while. As it is, the Raptors are still in Japan.
To that end, Toronto’s defending championship squad is definitely getting their time and money’s worth so far. With their first preseason game in the books — a 134-129 victory over the Rockets — the Raptors got a chance to see a little bit of what their new-look roster could do.