The Toronto Raptors beat the Chicago Bulls 139 to 109 last night. It was a blowout, though the score doesn't always tell the whole story, according to people who like to look at numbers. We are now 38 and 29, which is a record that suggests we are good but not necessarily frightening.
One fan reported trying to take a date to IKEA before the game. They spent 28 minutes walking through the aisles, which is a specific amount of time to be surrounded by flat-packed particle board. His date was not enjoying the Swedish furniture experience, but the Raptors won by 30 points later, so perhaps the meatballs were a good omen.
Professional Basketball and Dinosaurs
A new fan from the South Asian community joined the fold recently because they liked the dinosaur logo. This is as good a reason as any to start watching sports. Most of us are here because we lived near a highway or our parents bought us a hat in 1995.
If you are new here, you should know that being a Raptors fan involves a lot of waiting. We wait for draft picks to develop, we wait for the trade deadline, and we wait for the rain to stop on the Gardiner Expressway. It is a rewarding process, eventually, like putting together a Kallax shelving unit without losing the little wooden pegs.
Around the League
The Detroit Pistons will be without Cade Cunningham for an extended period of time. This is unfortunate for him and for the city of Detroit. My uncle once told me that injuries are just the body's way of saying it needs a break, but my uncle also thinks you can fix a radiator with chewing gum.
The Raptors are heading to Denver to play the Nuggets tomorrow at 9:00 PM. Playing in high altitude seems difficult for people who live at sea level. I get out of breath just thinking about the thin mountain air, or sometimes just walking up the stairs at Union Station.
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We are currently 68 games into the 82 game season. Someone has been drawing a sketch after every single game. That is a lot of drawings. I can barely remember to eat breakfast most days, so the commitment to art is something I find vaguely intimidating.