The start of this Toronto Raptors season has been one of extremes: A dominant opening-night win, followed by four sound-the-alarm losses, straight into four ‘are-they-contenders?’ wins.

Though there have been moments where all hope seemed lost and others where the prospects of a Blue Jays-esque run to glory might be in the cards, chances are the Raptors fall somewhere in between.

No, the Raptors’ defence wasn’t going to be the world-breaking force it had been in the four games before Saturday’s 130-120 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, when they had the best defence in the NBA, allowing only 100.5 points a game on a 40.1 opposing field-goal percentage and 28.7 opposing three-point percentage.

But the hope is that they’re also not a team that will allow 130 or more points on a given night,

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