VanVleet explodes for 24 in third, Raptors beat Jazz 122-108

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty ImagesIt was another “Welcome Toronto” night at Scotiabank Arena tonight, and the Toronto Raptors were perhaps a little too welcoming to the visiting Utah Jazz in the first half. Down all their starters, the pseudo-Jazz came out on fire, racking up 40 first quarter points en route to a 62-48 halftime lead.

It took another seven minutes or so for Fred VanVleet to decide “f**k this” and put an end to the BS.

In a five-minute stretch for which there really are no appropriate adjectives, VanVleet scored 20 points — including an individual 15-0 run that gave the Raptors an 85-84 lead. He also had three rebounds, two steals and a block into same stretch. The Raptors took…