Call it the race to avoid the Play-In Tournament.
If the Toronto Raptors should have a standings-based goal, that should be it. Heading into Monday’s games, the Raptors, in fifth in the Eastern Conference, were 3½ games ahead of seventh-place Orlando. The Raptors (35-25), you might have noticed, have a very reasonable habit of losing to good teams and defeating bad teams. They haven’t bucked that trend since Jan. 25, when they won in Oklahoma City. The last 12 results have been as expected.
Well, of the Raptors 22 remaining games, 13 are against teams above .500 (starting with Tuesday’s…
If the Toronto Raptors should have a standings-based goal, that should be it. Heading into Monday’s games, the Raptors, in fifth in the Eastern Conference, were 3½ games ahead of seventh-place Orlando. The Raptors (35-25), you might have noticed, have a very reasonable habit of losing to good teams and defeating bad teams. They haven’t bucked that trend since Jan. 25, when they won in Oklahoma City. The last 12 results have been as expected.
Well, of the Raptors 22 remaining games, 13 are against teams above .500 (starting with Tuesday’s…