Surrounded by fellow fans outside the Scotiabank Arena waiting for the Raptors’ first playoff game to tip off, Blake Raymer’s heart was with Toronto’s basketball team. Toronto Maple Leafs fans Justin Vanner, left, and Adam Jones show a 2013 photograph of them dressed in wigs and facepaint. ( Jesse McLean / Toronto Star ) Jurassic Park was full with fans one hour before tip-off of the Toronto Raptors’ playoff game against the Orlando Magic at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday. “I cheer for all the Toronto teams,” said Raymer, clad in a John Tavares jersey with a Raptors scarf draped over his shoulders. Unbeknownst to the jersey-sporting spectators milling around them, Vanner and Jones’ faces are familiar ones to many Leafs fans — at least once they’re coated with paint and wigs.

Source: thestar April 14, 2019 00:56 UTC