Toronto shoots just 36 per cent against Milwaukee. The Raptors have never won the first game of a playoff series at home.
Like no one saw that coming.
In what’s become a true rite of spring, the Raptors lost their opening game of the NBA playoffs, ceding the home-court advantage they had taken 82 games to secure and putting exponentially more pressure on their next game.
It was the Milwaukee Bucks who inflicted the damage this time around, silencing the usual Air Canada Centre sellout crowd with a 97-83 victory over the Raptors on Saturday night.