Raptors quiet Thunder 117-98, earn 7th straight win

The Toronto Raptors have won seven straight games for the 10th time in their 27-year history. Their latest victim, the Oklahoma City Thunder, put up a decent enough fight for three periods, keeping the Raptors within arm’s length, but the Raptors slowly pulled away in the fourth, ultimately notching the 117-98 win.

The nearly-empty gym in OKC — there are no COVID restrictions at the moment, just a rally bad basketball team — perhaps had the Raptors feeling more like they were playing at home.At times, the game matched the energy of the crowd, as both teams went through cold spells and spurts of turnovers. The talent difference between the fully-healthy Raptors, and the young Thunder —…