Is this the year of the Raptor?
With 16 games remaining in their regular-season schedule, the Toronto Raptors are on pace to shatter their franchise record for wins in a season — and it may not be even close.
The Raps launched into a three-game road trip on Sunday afternoon by roughing up the New York Knicks 132-106.
The victory came two days after Toronto topped the Rockets 108-105 at the Air Canada Centre to end Houston’s 17-game winning streak.
Sunday’s tilt against the 11th-place Knickerbockers could have been a trap game, but the dinos had no intentions of falling into it.
It was Toronto’s eighth straight victory and the Raptors’ 15th win in their last 16 games.
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Entering Tuesday night’s tip-off against the Nets in Brooklyn, the Raps are first in the NBA’s Eastern Conference with a record of 49-17, and are 3.5 games better that the second-place Boston Celtics.
Toronto’s franchise-best record came two seasons ago when they went 56-26, and even though 10 of their last 16 games are against teams that are above .500 (including two each vs. Boston and third-place Cleveland) the Raptors need just eight wins to break the record.
The way Toronto is playing lately, this should be a 60-win team.
Come playoff time, who knows? This could be the year they crack the NBA Finals.
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