With the trade deadline mercifully in the rearview, and some depth in the form of muscle-bound playmaking forward Thad Young on the way to reinforce a thin bench, the Raptors officially turn their eye to the stretch run tonight in Houston, an eighth-straight win on the line.
The big news ahead of this one is that there will be no Fred VanVleet for the Raptors due to a sore groin. As precautionary measures go, keeping VanVleet out on the second night of a back-to-back against a team with an even worse record than the Thunder team Toronto pasted last night feels like a pretty smart one to take.