The hope was that the Raptors would come up with a solid offensive start Saturday night, to take the pressure off a defence that had begun the team’s two previous games horribly.
How’s five dunks among the first nine baskets in about five minutes, a 71 per cent shooting quarter and their most productive opening 12 minutes of any game this season work?
Riding the wave of that blistering start, the Raptors blew out the Orlando Magic at Scotiabank Arena, earning an easy 121-108 triumph that erased some of the bad taste of consecutive road losses.