To remind the world they’re the defending NBA champions, the Raptors spent most of Monday afternoon pummeling the Brooklyn Nets. Yes, this is a Game 1 in the playoffs — historically a sticky situation for Toronto — but there was (mostly) no doubt about this one. The Raptors locked in on defense, moved the ball well, shot even better, and (for the most part) finished off the Nets by the end of the first quarter to win Game 1 of their first round playoff series by a score of 134-110.
As you may have noticed, there are a couple of hedging parentheticals in the previous paragraph.