6) Toronto RaptorsStrengths The Raptors lost Kyle Lowry, probably their most important player, to a wrist injury that kept him out 18 games. He watched firsthand as the league his father bought into for $2,500 in 1933 became a multi-billion dollar, year-round business. He said something predictably stupid, was predictably suspended, and was predictably not badly missed. number of back-to-back games and the number of games played during the two weeks used in the paper’s model.