The Raptors would be forgiven for folding on this, their fifth game of a long-ass road trip that’s taken place over one single week. It’s been a lot of basketball to play. And yet, as they’ve proven all year so far, the Raptors refuse to quit. Tonight they beat the Bucks 105-99, to move to 10-6 on the season. (And number one in our hearts.)
As DeMar DeRozan has slowly normalized — e.g. he’s no longer setting the world aflame, though he did shoot 9-for-18 for 26 points tonight — the Raptors have sprung up around him in support.