The Toronto Raptors entered the 2018 NBA playoffs firmly believing they were capable of winning the NBA championship. They exited the postseason on Monday night having been thoroughly disabused of that notion, yet again, by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who weathered the storm of a Game 1 in which they led for zero seconds of the first four quarters to steal home-court advantage before burying the Eastโs No. 1 seed beneath a hail of heart-breaking shots that culminated in a Monday night blowout.