Coming in to this season, I really wasn’t expecting a playoff chase like this. I thought the Toronto Raptors would be either firmly in the 9-10 soft, or out of the playoff picture completely.
But now here we sit, watching our team try and claw its way out of the 7th spot into 6th — or even 5th? — with every game of near-playoff importance.
I wasn’t ready!
Tonight, the Raptors host a reeling Indiana Pacers team, who’ve lost 7 of their last 10 games. The Pacers will be without, well, most of their rotation, which means the Raptors are heavy 11.