The Toronto Raptors are on a rollercoaster of a 3-game skid -- but are they close to busting out of it?

The Toronto Raptors have lost three-straight to the Lakers, Hornets and Celtics, and it's been a rollercoaster of a skid, with some excitingly high highs and depressingly low lows. In Episode 1998, Sean Woodley goes solo to take stock of where the Raptors now sit after the last three games and talks about what's gone wrong, what gives him hope for a turnaround, and why their 15-10 record heading into a home date in the NBA Cup quarters is still a pretty great spot to be compared to preseason expectations. Next, Sean runs through some of the Raptors' leading issues right now -- RJ Barrett's absence, Jakob Poeltl's uneven health and play, youthful inconsistency, defensive process and Brandon Ingram -- to try and sort out whether they're short term problems that'll solve themselves or greater existential threats to the Raptors' season. Lastly, Sean hits on The Good (Scottie Barnes), The Bad (The Hornets, all of it) and The Hmmm (AJ Lawson and Ochai Agbaji) from the last three games.

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