Raptors won season series against every East playoff team

Ever since the Washington Wizards swept them in the first round of the playoffs last summer, the Toronto Raptors have faced concerns about their postseason demons.

For a team with just one series victory in 21 years, the questions are more than fair. But the Raptors have done everything in their power to rectify their image.

With a wire-to-wire victory against the Indiana Pacers on Friday, the Raptors have now won their season series against each of the other seven playoff teams in the East.

No other team in the league can make such a claim. The Golden State Warriors can accomplish the same feat in the Western conference, but they would first need to snap a 33-game losing streak in San Antonio.

Granted, success in the regular season won't erase the stigma that taints the Raptors. It's not fair that the likes of DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry have to shoulder the weight of failures from previous regimes, but history never goes away until you rewrite it.

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That being said, everything in the regular season has indicated this is not the Raptors teams of yore. They play defense, their offense is elite, and their roster is deeper than ever.

With Lowry and DeRozan resting, the Raptors left 45 points per game on the inactive roster on Friday. But two rookies - Delon Wright and Norman Powell - combined for 46 to obliterate the Pacers with a roster that resembled the Raptors' D-League team.

The depth was further bolstered by the return of DeMarre Carroll from knee surgery. Having missed over half the year, Carroll lacked conditioning, but he was effective nonetheless. He swiped four steals in 14 minutes and drained his only 3-point attempt upon his return on Thursday.

So while their fatal test is still before them, the Raptors have done everything in their power to prove themselves in the regular season.