The Toronto Raptors dusted off the grave dirt that was piling up this weekend with a pair of huge victories over two rival Eastern Conference powers, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers.
It would be fair to say that Toronto was underdogs in both. The Raptors limped into the weekend with an 8-8 record in their past sixteen games. Milwaukee had won 11 of their last 13, and all the Pacers had done was compile the best record in the NBA since Dec 4th at 13-2.
Both teams also had considerably better point differentials than the scuffling Dinos (+9.