Toronto rediscovered its identity for 48 minutes on Monday night. For long stretches of the 118-109 win over the Clippers, the belabored offense of the previous six weeks was replaced by the deathly efficient guard-heavy attack that lifted the Raptors to the top of the offensive charts early in the year. DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry shining in concert is what gives the team its potency. That duo, blended with a fully-functioning supporting cast, spawns the formula for the Eastern Conference’s second-best team.
That’s about the ceiling of the Raptors, too.