Power Ranking Poll Week 22: Road trip rollin’

Photo by Kelsey Grant/Getty ImagesThe Toronto Raptors have won four straight games, and after last night’s victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, are guaranteed a winning record on their current six-game road trip.

My prediction in this space three weeks ago, of the Raptors going 12-13 in the final 25 games, seemed pretty accurate to start — the Raptors were 3-5 in their first eight after the break, as I predicted. But the next two? Well, I sure didn’t have them beating both the Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns!

So the Raps are now 6-5 since the break, and at 38-30 remain just one game back of the Cleveland Cavaliers for the coveted sixth seed in the Eastern Conference. (Tomorrow night’s…