If positive play and trending upward counted for anything, then the Raptors would be sitting somewhere around 4-6 or 5-5 as opposed to the 2-8 they currently sit at. Nonetheless, they don’t, and Toronto is going to have to dig themselves out of an early, sizeable hole during a condensed season that is rife with uncertainty.
After losing two extremely winnable games against the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers — one which featured a massive near-comeback and another which featured the ever-so familiar blown big lead — the Raptors are going to have to be able to build on the small successes that they’ve found over the last couple of games.