For one night at least, basketball looked fun again for the Raptors.
A team that had looked dispirited for almost a month, a team that hasn’t had any sustained success for almost two months, finally got a laugher and an easy night on Friday.
A 130-77 rout of the Golden State Warriors, the most lopsided victory in Raptors history, lifted some of the pall that had descended over the franchise.
But not all of it.
Fred VanVleet left in the third quarter with a strained left hip flexor after playing less than 18 minutes and will be further examined on Saturday.