As much as the Raptors are battling circumstance, they’re also going to war every night with themselves. That was obvious in their 117-99 loss on Monday night to a Houston Rockets team that had been on a hapless 20-game losing streak. Toronto stayed in the game for about 3.5 quarters, but merely staying in this game would never be enough. They had to do something to make us — and themselves — believe they could still turn this bizarre 2020-21 year around. Instead, in the micro, it’s a deeply disappointing loss to the Rockets, Toronto’s ninth in a row; and in the macro, it may just be the summation of an entire lost season.
Raptors fall apart again, lose 117-99 to the Rockets
