The Raptors are not as good as the Warriors. Watch any regular season game from the latter — or better yet, their multiple runs to the Finals — and it often feels like the two teams are not even close. Golden State just has too much talent, too many killer shot makers, and, naturally, a surplus confidence.
Then again, the Raptors lost another close one to the defending NBA champions, this time by two points, 127-125. That’s the fourth time in five games it’s happened over the past three seasons. (That one other time saw them give up a huge first quarter lead before trimming into a competitive-looking 10-point final deficit.