It’s Game 2 of an 82-game schedule, Day 4 of a 190-day marathon but it’s the Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics. It’s the perceived top two teams in the Eastern Conference going at each other in the first of four games this season. “I think everybody up and down the league is in agreement that they’re the best team in the East, right?” Nurse said. Still …“Any part of the season you play against a good team, it’s a big game, but to get them early, fresh start, good teams look at these games as statement games,” said Toronto’s Greg Monroe, who finished last season with the Celtics. But, I don’t know, maybe it’ll be a good thing and work out the other way.”Doug Smith is a sports reporter based in Toronto.

Source: thestar October 18, 2018 21:29 UTC