The Raptors continue playing down (and up) to their competition. According to Basketball-Reference.com, Toronto has played one of the easier schedules in the league. With close games against teams on both ends of the contender spectrum — Milwaukee and Sacramento alone this week — the Raptors continue playing with fire and have, more often than not, been burned.
Despite the frustration, there have been positive signs, none of which has been more surprising than Yuta Watanabe. His relentless energy, coupled with Kyle Lowry’s recent milestone of 10,000 career points as a Raptor, made this week’s episode less calamitous to record.