The 2020-2021 Toronto Raptors have been the picture-perfect definition of a roller coaster ride as they approach the quarter-mark of the season with a showdown looming against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Much like this Raptors season, roller coasters generally suck at first — you’re waiting for the safety instructions to be painstakingly glossed over about the metal contraption that is about to hurl you through the sky and you have a feeling that it’s quite possible that something might not be right. Once things get started, it’s a slow climb to peak height, and it’s in this moment that you feel a mix of “everything’s going to be okay” and “nothing could possibly ever be okay.