It was an historic moment for the Toronto Raptors when the championship banner was unveiled on Tuesday night, but things quickly came back to earth after their 112-106 loss against the Celtics last night.
A couple of takeaways from the first two games:
- First, Pascal Siakam is, as crazy as this sounds, exceeding expectations as a first option, averaging 33.5 points per game. Yes, it’s a very small sample size, and yes (as Daryl Morey once implied about Toronto), there will be a regression to the mean. Nonetheless, I’ve really enjoyed watching him play in the first two outings; and
- Second, Marc Gasol is gassed.