TORONTO — The victory was in just showing up; in being here. It’s hard to overstate that. Pick your milepost and reflect: A year ago the Toronto Raptors were scrambling around preparing to relocate to Tampa and it’s been close enough to two years — 600 days to be precise — since Scotiabank Arena was full for an NBA game. Life as we knew it was upended for all and tragically so for far too many in Toronto and elsewhere. The losses — personal, financial and in moments gone that will never come back — can’t be undone. But as the Raptors took the floor against the Washington Wizards in front of 19,800 fully vaccinated, mask-wearing fans there was a glimpse of life after COVID and it was black and red and brightly lit and accompanied by a bunch of new(ish) songs by Drake, the Raptors’ official soundtrack. How special a moment was it? The Global Ambassador himself was courtside in time for the national anthems. The first “Let’s Go Raptors” chants went up before the ball did, and so ...