Three hundred twenty-five days after the Raptors and 76ers met in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal, Toronto colour analyst Leo Rautins noticed his social media account was getting busy. There were fans reaching out, and some sounded anxious about the game.



“Man, I hope we get through this.”



“You think we can do it?’”



Sportsnet replayed the game on Tuesday night, and Rautins knew the fans were joking.



“The other part of it, I think, is people are just escaping, and getting back to it,” he said. “Re-living the moment, you know?”



With live sports on hold across the world in the wake of COVID-19, Canada’s rival sports networks are working together for a co-ordinated rebroadcast of the unprecedented run the Raptors made last spring, ending with the first NBA championship in Canadian history. On Tuesday, it was Game 7 — the night of Kawhi Leonard’s...