In each of the last three games, the Raptors have, at times, outclassed their opponents. The Wizards, New Orleans Pelicans and undermanned Atlanta Hawks are not good, but the idea that these Raptors could dominate any team for a prolonged stretch would have been unimaginable in the season’s first two-and-a-half months.

NBA trade deadline is just over a week away, and just about every team in the league is looking to play some kind of angle. For a handful of upper-crust squads, it’s about trying to find the last piece of the championship puzzle.