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Raptors up 2-0 over Wizards: What have we learned?

The Toronto Raptors raced out to a 44-point Q1 against the Washington Wizards in Game 2. While the Wizards didn’t fold, and managed to whittle a 23-point deficit down to 7 in Q4, the Raptors were never caught.

Toronto holds a 2-0 series lead as the scene shifts to the U.S. capital for a pair of games. What conclusions can we draw about what we’ve seen so far?

Throw the first punch, and make it hurt

Toronto has opened both games with strong and confident offensive sets. They led Game 1 by 5 points, and Game 2 by a massive 17, after the first quarter.