Game #1: Chicago Bulls 100 - Toronto Raptors 117

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It's finally here! The first game of the 2017/2018 season is upon us, and it features the Raptors facing off against the team they beat in the last game of the preseason: the Chicago Bulls. The Raps will be looking to take care of business at home before what will be a very difficult early West Coast trip.



PROJECTED STARTERS






























KEYS TO THE GAME

1. Offensive Approach: the Raps offence looked better this preseason, let's keep it going into the regular season.

2. Shooting: one of the biggest concerns for this season. Can the Raps make enough threes to justify how many they're now launching?

3. Just Win: the Bulls are bad. The Raptors are good. There will be some very tough games coming up very shortly. Win the games you're supposed to win.



LET'S GO RAPS!!!

[Jclaw]

Not soon enough . I remember i started my gamethread winning streak on a Bulls game with a slightly less optimistic outlook. May this be the first win before the 16 that come in the playoffs!

[Bendit]

So nice not to see Jimmy Butler in that Bulls lineup!

[DanH]

So close, and yet so far...

[SkywalkerAC]

Time to pay the piper Chicago.

[golden]

So nice not to see Jimmy Butler in that Bulls lineup!

Ain't nobody happier than this guy......

[rocwell]

Sports God loves us. We'll go all the way this year.

Here's proof that Sports God is real :

.@neiltyson, explain this#TFCLive | #TORvMTL pic.twitter.com/XFBqLu1iVi

— Toronto FC (@torontofc) October 15, 2017

[consmap]

Ugh this frightened me. For a second I thought the game was today

[The Great One]

Sports God loves us. We'll go all the way this year.

Here's proof that Sports God is real :

.@neiltyson, explain this#TFCLive | #TORvMTL pic.twitter.com/XFBqLu1iVi

— Toronto FC (@torontofc) October 15, 2017

Can't wait to see them choke again this year.

[The Great One]

[rocwell]

Can't wait to see them choke again this year.

Hahahaha. Seattle got lucky with that save.

[SkywalkerAC]

[WJF]

Looking forward to getting the seson started off with a win. While this Chicago team is not in the same category as Bulls teams of the past, we can't look past them.

[Nilanka]

Managed to get tickets to this game. Pretty pumped.

In other news, my parents made me go to their house and clean out all my old shit, and I came across this gem. The program I bought during the first ever NBA game played at the ACC.



My, we've come a long way.

[KeonClark]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...ankings-week-1

Here's more last minute pre season fodder to piss us off. ESPN has released their opening week power rankings. Raptors are 10th(!) behind Washington, Denver and Minnesota