Well, it took two games to get there, but the Toronto Raptors finally knocked off the Western Conference front-runners in the Denver Nuggets. After thoroughly outplaying the Nuggets in their first matchup, Toronto stepped on the gas and only let up momentarily in the third quarter on their way to securing an all important W. The combination of home cooking, sleeping in one’s own bed and not forgetting how to shoot the basketball were some of the ingredients that were thrown into the soup-pot for the Raptors.
Now, after taming Jamal Murray, Toronto has to weather yet another All-Star Canadian point guard in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his Oklahoma City Thunder in order to keep the good times (see: winning) going.