Incurring three losses in four games have made the Raptors seek the type of clarity they haven’t yet had to search for so far this season. It’s been a tough stretch of games that everybody saw coming, and as such, questions naturally arose as to whether the success they enjoyed during a cakewalk December schedule was an indicator of a true contender, or rather a group simply taking advantage of an opportunity.
The Raptors are 5-3 since the calendar turned, with two wins against Milwaukee, plus an old-fashioned beat-down of Cleveland, as their signature victories. So, nothing is necessarily wrong with the team during the last week, it’s simply a feeling we’ve been without up until now.