Your Scribe took a brief run at this topic a few weeks ago. At that time, I concluded the Toronto Raptors’ chances of overhauling the Cleveland Cavaliers for first place in the Eastern Conference weren’t great, and the price for trying was too high. I’m now leaning in the other direction.
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Let’s think Big Picture for a moment. How valuable is it to the Raptors to have home court advantage until the NBA Finals, and face the #8 seed in the first round? Should the Raptors remain in second place and win their first two rounds, the only series in which not having home court hurts is the Eastern Finals, if that series goes to seven games, and if the opponent is Cleveland.