En route to recording the best regular season record in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors also dominated fellow Eastern Conference teams. The Raptors posted both a winning record in their season series against all fellow East playoff teams and the best in-conference regular season record in the East.
These extraordinary feats suggest that the Raptors can defeat any other team in the East in a playoff series. The Raptors must take care not to feel complacent with their regular season success, however. In-conference dominance has failed to predict playoff success in the Eastern Conference for six of the past seven seasons.