Toronto Raptors Case Study

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The Toronto Raptors finally overcame the ghosts of its past playoffs series and after a long time the Canadian professional basketball team will be advancing to the Eastern Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2001.
"We got the monkey off our back, more than anything, from these past couple of years," Raptors starting guard Demar DeRozan said. “It just feels good to get that off."
The Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment –owned basketball organization won their first postseason series since a five-game triumph over the New York Knicks in 2001 that puts an end to the league’s longest active drought between series victories.
“There’s no hiding it,” All- Star Kyle Lowry told ESPN.com. “It was one of those wins where, if we had lost