No. No, they didn’t. The Raptors didn’t just beat the Spurs did they? The TORONTO Raptors?

No Chris Bosh. No Jose Calderon. No Kris Humphries. No Joey Graham after 10 minutes.

That didn’t just happen…

… did it?

There is only one thing I have to ask. If - IF - the undermanned Toronto Raptors beat the healthy San Antonio Spurs, and no one sees it because it’s on TSN2, did it really happen?!

Well, major sports sites are reporting that it did, so even though nobody saw it, I am fairly confident in reporting… that yes, the Raptors won.

I just have no idea how it happened.

I’m looking at the box score right now. The Raptors played, essentially, six guys - Bargnani, JO, Kapono, Parker, Moon and Ukic (Graham played nine minutes, had one assist and one TO before leaving for good). They shot 40%, had a total of 13 assists and were outrebounded by 7.

And they were playing one of the best teams in the league! Parker, Ginobili and Duncan combined for 74 points, 15 assists and 24 rebounds!

I just don’t understand how this happened.

And I’m incredibly pissed off that I missed it. Fuck you, TSN2, MLSE and Rogers. Fuck… you… all.

So, it’s all-star time. I said two weeks ago, I needed the Raptors to go 5-3 before the break to give me any confidence that they could make a playoff run. Well, they went 2-6. They’re now a god-awful 21-34, are five games out of 8th with five teams in between them and the Bucks. I know we’re all happy and ecstatic that they beat the Spurs and go into the break on a high, and we can try and convince ourselves that the schedule gets easier, but really… there’s no chance. Well, OK, a slim chance. But it’s so slim. I want to believe it, I really do… but I just can’t. I really can’t see this happening, at all.

But hey, if they can win a few more and keep it interesting, I’m all for that. Believe me, as far as future success goes, that’s a much, much better concept than tanking. Please lord, help make the remaining 27 games interesting!

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