Through three weeks of basketball, it’s been hard to square away how different the 2020-21 Raptors look than the 2019-20 version of the same team. A couple faces aren’t here, sure, but much of the core has remained intact. The joyous, up tempo style from Toronto’s pre-bubble play has been nowhere to be found since — and in its stead, the questions keep adding up with no answers to be found.
A nightmare start to the season continued for the Raptors on Monday, as they were thoroughly beaten by the Celtics, 126-114. The rematch between two teams that met in last season’s Eastern Conference semifinal was dominated by Jayson Tatum, who dropped 40 points on just 19 shots, adding six rebounds, two assists, and a block.