Toronto Raptors: Top 10 moments from 2017-18 NBA season

The Toronto Raptors finished with a franchise-record of 59 wins in the 2017-2018 NBA regular season. Here are the top 10 moments from an exciting year.

The Toronto Raptors had a very enjoyable and successful regular season. With all the change happening in the offseason, it’s worth remembering all the joyous moments.

The Raptors finished with the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time in franchise history and the second-best record in the NBA with 59 wins. Following a season full of new accolades, they failed to meet expectations in the playoffs, losing to the eventual Eastern Conference champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Playoff failures aside, the Toronto Raptors have much to celebrate with franchise records broken, award nominations, highlight plays/performances, and newfound excitement for an already cautious, championship hungry fanbase.

Let’s take a moment to recap the top 10 moments during the 2017-18 campaign, but first, some honorable mentions:

• Former head coach Dwane Casey won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, and was the recipient of the Michael H. Goldberg Coach of the Year Award given by the NBA Coaches Association
• Remembering the potential of Bruno Caboclo when it was announced he was traded at the trade deadline, and what could have been for the infamously nicknamed “two years away from being two years away” prospect
• The Raptors 905 having another successful season and playoff run into the G League finals with many new pieces under head coach Jerry Stackhouse
• Fred VanVleet‘s breakout performance, dropping 22 points in a nationally televised blowout win (133-99) against the Cavaliers
• Delon Wright‘s block in the dying seconds of Game 4 in the first round of the playoffs against the Washington Wizards. The more memorable part was who he blocked: Kelly Oubre Jr.