Twitter troll Raptors' late-game meltdown in OT Game 1 loss to LeBron & Cavs

Flattering in the regular season to deceive their faithful in the postseason has been second nature to the Raptors for quite some time now. They gave detractors another exhibit for this notion in a 113-112 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in overtime, after leading the game for nearly the entirety of the first 4 quarters.

People who were looking to jump on the Dinos' bandwagon will be way warier after Game 1 of this series, during which the Raptors basically surrendered their homecourt advantage to the King. LeBron James had another triple-double, taking his playoff career total to 21 triple-doubles.

Twitter feated on the Raptors' misery. YouTuber Dom2k had the following comment to make:

Lebron says he wants to own a team when he retires but he already owns the Raptors 🤔I'm sorry, it was the low hanging fruit. I'll leave now

— Dom2K (@Dom_2k) May 2, 2018

Renowned basketball analyst and the host of the sports talk show Undisputed Skip Bayless had a word to put in as well:

I had faith in the Cavs tonight mostly because I do not trust the Raptors in games of this magnitude. And that's what just happened.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) May 2, 2018

This particular guy was brutal in his assessment of the only Canadian franchise in the league:

the Raptors created the greatest GIF of all time and are doomed to live it every single day pic.twitter.com/49xrzmSX3H

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) May 2, 2018

Fans had no problems linking the Avengers' franchise's latest flick to the playoffs:

LeBron to the Raptors pic.twitter.com/fxxNLrOPAi

— Dave DuFour (@DaveDuFourNBA) May 2, 2018

There was no dearth of Crying Jordan memes on this loss either:

Raptors fans right now... pic.twitter.com/RTDXjQca9w

— Crying Jordan (@CryingJordan) May 2, 2018

This tweet taught us a thing or two about different species of dinosaurs:

"Raptors, Diplodocuses, Triceratops.. it matters not! Cavaliers in four!"- LeBronocle James(slowly backs out of twitter..) pic.twitter.com/7WacjMqikS

— Cre8ive Juice (@cre8ive_juice) May 2, 2018

Praise for LeBron was predictable:

Toronto: "We're a bigger, more deadly and dangerous version of the old Raptors this time!"LeBronosaurus Rex: pic.twitter.com/1C74jh9Svt

— pat muldowney (@patmuldowney) May 2, 2018

Drake managed to avoid too much of the attention during the game, but he wasn't spared by Twitterati:

Watching that last Raptors possession like pic.twitter.com/w04MZCtOXF

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 2, 2018

Bleacher Report had a particularly funny take:

Oh man Raptors.. pic.twitter.com/aWABNNqN1k

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 2, 2018

The Raptors can't seem to catch a break even on home court:

The Raptors earn home court advantage... pic.twitter.com/O2TI7LE1O8

— McNeil (@Reflog_18) May 2, 2018

We leave you with the most well-thought-out

Cleveland Cavaliers v Toronto Raptors - Game One

meme for the game:

The Raptors were walking off with game 1 and then.... pic.twitter.com/Gium6xY32O

— Young Person (@EricTrillman_) May 2, 2018

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