The math is in, and the Toronto Raptors could still make the play-in tournament! Of course, going 1-3 hasn’t helped that math get any prettier, but finagling a single win out of games on the road against the Nuggets, Jazz, Lakers, and Clippers is certainly something, and that something is that the Raptors were in the thick of the all of those games up until the final buzzer. It might be that reality that prompted Fred VanVleet to unleash this gem.
While crawling towards the finish line admirably is nice, it certainly feels like the Raptors are headed towards a redux on old-time Raptors basketball — finishing in an undesirable spot in the NBA Draft!