Maybe it’s because they arrived in Florida a couple of weeks ahead of most of their NBA competitors, beginning a two-week training camp in the Fort Myers area more than six weeks ago. Maybe it’s because they’re just better than everyone else.
Whatever the reason, it’s difficult to argue with the results. One week into the resumption of the regular season, the Toronto Raptors have looked like the best team in the NBA bubble. And if that’s perhaps debatable, here’s what’s not: In wins over the Lakers, Heat and Magic, Toronto’s defence has set the league’s coronavirus-era standard.