Raptors watch their step on easy street

Four-game stretch against Nets (two), Knicks and 76ers could be the time to gain ground on East-leading Cavaliers. Could be.

Knicks big man Kristaps Porzingis makes a move on Raptor Patrick Patterson when the teams met in November at the ACC.Toronto Raptors fans — many of them, to be sure — look at the next week and see wins, wins and more wins on a schedule that may as well include The Sisters Of The Poor, some tiny elementary school and a group of old puffy guys culled from the open run at the local YMCA.

And to be sure, the Brooklyn Nets (dead last in the NBA), New York Knicks (losers of nine of 10 going into Thursday night) and Philadelphia 76ers (still trying to get through The Process)…