source: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ag02...=yhoo&type=lgns <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Toronto Raptors surged back from their horrendous 1-15 start by going 10-9, and in a very weak Eastern Conference, they find themselves just 4? games out of the eighth playoff spot. Given the Raptors' offensive power ? they're averaging 98 points per game ? and the emergence of Chris Bosh, it is not inconceivable that Toronto could find a way to slide into the postseason. It would be reminiscent of last season's Chicago Bulls team that overcame an 0-9 start to win 47 games and make the playoffs. Actually, a more apt comparison would be George Karl's 1984-85 Cleveland Cavaliers' team that began the year 2-19, recovered and won 36 games and qualified for the postseason. Karl was carried off the floor when Cleveland won the playoff clincher, and he called it the best moment of his career. Karl said he had an agreement with World B. Free, his star player that year. "I told World that I'd get him 20 shots a game, but that he had to at least pretend to try to play defense," Karl said. </div>
