As we approach the 50-game mark of the season, we also approach the “you are what you record says you are” mark of the season. At this point, every team has had time to gel, every team has dealt with injuries (and COVID, these days), they’ve had long road trips and homesteads and yada yada. We know what most teams are.
And the Toronto Raptors, at 25-23, are very much a middle-of-the-pack team. When they fire on all cylinders, they’re good enough to beat just about anybody. But their margin of error is super-slim, meaning their floor is low enough that just about anybody can beat them, too.