There were a lot of doubts following Wednesday’s Toronto Raptors season opener — doubts that the vision of an all-length team, without a player taller than 6’9”, missing its longtime floor general could really compete at the NBA level.
But it was, of course, just one game.
So after just two games, it would be unfair to completely flip that script. But holy cow, did the Raptors showcase the all-length, all-running vision to its utmost in routing the Boston Celtics 115-83 in Boston tonight.
Most of the damage occurred in a sensational third quarter, where the Raptors outscored the Celtics 33-17 and completely took Boston out of its game.