We’ve been on quite a journey with the Raptors this year — they were good, they were bad, they made trades, they lost their best player, they stayed good, they got said best player back. No need to belabour the point here: this is the best Raptors squad in franchise history, the one best equipped to go the distance.
Yes, the Raptors will need things to break right, and they’ll need to collectively play the best basketball of their lives for the next two months, but we can believe in the outside shot of it all.