Two months is an eternity, at least in terms of a basketball team’s evolution. Eight weeks ago, the discourse surrounding the Raptors was bleak. A five-game losing streak from January 18th through 25th marked the lowest point for the franchise since the spring of 2015. When a comfortable win against Milwaukee on the 27th appeared to signal a turnaround, the Raptors posted a pair of heartless losses to the abysmal Orlando Magic over the course of the next week.
Some stuff has happened since then, of course. Orlando traded Serge Ibaka to Toronto for Terrence Ross and a first-rounder, P.