If the Raptors drop Game 4 this afternoon in Milwaukee, post-game eulogies will no longer be premature. Even with at least one more home game guaranteed, Toronto’s play through three games against the Bucks has inspired little confidence that a 3-1 deficit would be surmountable.
Most pre-series prognostications pegged the Raptors as a superior team to the Bucks; a team potentially capable of being more than just a thorn in the side of the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. Top to bottom, the talent edge in this series remains on Dwane Casey’s sideline.