Most Americans are befuddled by the idea of Boxing Day. The notion that Canada gets a second holiday, right after Christmas, just strikes our southern brethren as weird. The fact that the U.S., the capitalist centre of the universe, passes on a massive shopping day is even weirder to me, but the fact remains, on December 26th, Americans are working.
For almost 28 minutes on Wednesday night, the Miami Heat were doing just that — working the Raptors over with aggressive defense, timely shot making, and a liberal dose of Toronto shooting themselves in the foot.