The Toronto Raptors are currently in seventh place in a deep Eastern Conference – and five games back from first place – surpassing most expectations for a team coming off a down year. They’re just four wins away from surpassing Vegas’ projected 35.5 win total, and have 25 games left to do so. Things are going well!
Going forward, the Raptors have the 24th-most difficult strength of schedule remaining based on opponent winning percentage. But a number of the teams surrounding Toronto in the standings made moves at the deadline, and are threats to improve down the stretch (i.