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Raptors Power Ranking Poll Week 5: How the rules of storytelling inform the past week for Toronto

Welcome to the Raptors Power Ranking Poll, a column where we ask: Are the Raptors being ranked fairly?

Every scene in a fictional work must have one of the following: sex, violence, suffering, wickedness, comedy and/or novelty. Sit back and think about this for a moment. Then, recall the past week for the Toronto Raptors. They played in a mere three games - against the Cavaliers, Wizards and Suns - and yet, dramatically speaking, managed to capture all six elements.

Since violence is not a thing that normally happens in an NBA game (beyond the normal clash of bodies), we'll begin this comparison with the metaphoric violence that surely met James Johnson after he sent his #mood tweet post-Cavs win.