Championship contending teams don’t always play well throughout the game. They may start slow and look sluggish to begin with. But great teams always do one thing well. They close out tight games and grind to wins. This isn’t something the Raptors have been able to do. Back to back losses to sub .500 teams when the Raptors are leading going into the 4th quarter are unacceptable.
More worryingly in their last 15 games the Raptors are 1-9 in their last 10 games categorised as clutch. These are games that are close in the 4th quarter (point difference of 5 in the last 5 minutes).