A home-court edge in the NBA is not unusual, but this group has taken it to new heights, performing better in almost every significant statistical category. “We’ve got a great crowd, a great arena, so it’s one of those things that — we want to make this a tough place to come into and play. We have a special fan base, special arena and hopefully teams feel it when they come in.”“People talk about not wanting to come to Toronto and play. The crowd roars and the surroundings are familiar and it’s a fun place to be when the Raptors play at the Air Canada Centre, a venue that’s providing an unprecedented home-court advantage this NBA season. It’s hard to find anything they don’t do more successfully at the Air Canada Centre than any other arena.

Source: thestar December 16, 2017 22:18 UTC