It hasn’t been easy, trying to dissect the first two weeks of Raptors basketball, trying to figure out why the team was 0-3.
There were a few main areas of concern — blowing double-digit leads in each game, grinding in their half court offence, missing a late-game shot maker. None of this was ever going to get solved in one game, but on a night that started off strange, Toronto at least broke their spell of losses to earn win number one.
A tidy 100-83 margin over the Knicks might look nice too, but this game was difficult to watch through long stretches.