Several truths emerged about the Toronto Raptors emerged from week four.
First, the Raptors can take care of business when it matters. They beat three teams that they should have beaten including a couple on the road.
Despite a couple of “slow starts” to games and plenty of turnovers, they managed to avoid playing down to their competition for too long, not letting these ‘trap games’ get away from them.
They have found the extra gear to finish off teams when they’ve needed to.
Moreover, they can win without a full squad including Kawhi Leonard (one game) and Norman Powell (two games).