At some point last night the Raptors just decided to give up. We don’t like to admit this, but that’s what happened. The team has been struggling without Kyle Lowry — usually a great motivator — and in the wake of Russell Westbrook’s onslaught on history, they melted like a bucket of ice cream in the hot sun. It sucks because this Raptors team never used to do that.
There’s not a lot of time to be despair though. After the Thunder game, the locker room doors stayed closed for longer than usual.