It was supposed to be a four-game sweep, but ended up being an announcement to the NBA world: the Toronto Raptors are for real! Behind the passion and ferocity of Raptor fans Canada-wide, these Toronto Raptors exceeded expectations by winning a franchise best 56 games and enjoyed a postseason run the likes no one truly thought possible.
Amidst all challenges, scrutiny, doubts and criticism, the Raptors would do what they’ve always done, which is prove the skeptics wrong. With the typical “Toronto vs Everyone” attitude we’ve come to expect from the team and the fanbase, the shortlist of what media pundits expected of us was plentiful.