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The Raptors survived a slow start to take the first game of the best-of-three series 76-68. They then held off the Hawks to sweep the series with a 79-71 victory.
Warriors Gaming Squad and Blazers5 Gaming are the other unbeaten teams among the 23 franchises that have already started play. Because of the pandemic, the esports league is staging games remotely rather than at its New York studio for at least the first six weeks of the season. Each series win represents a game in the standings with teams playing a 16-game regular season.
Toronto trailed by as many as eight in the second quarter before narrowing the deficit to one at 27-26. Hawks Talon, matching the Raptors smothering defence, led 31-28 at the half with rookie centre Levi Lamb registering eight points and 10 rebounds.Outscoring Atlanta 20-11, Raptors Uprising rallied in the third to lead 48-42 going into the final quarter.
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