These are heady times for the Raptors , the best stretch of success since the 2019-20 season.

But one of the great takeaways from talking to players and coaches is how no one’s losing their minds about it.

Oh, they’re excited and proud, and winning definitely beats the alternative, but Brandon Ingram hit the right chord when he was discussing his buzzer-beating winner against Indiana .

“It’s practice,” he said. “For our end goal.”

But that’s the point, and the point being hammered in almost every day — that what’s going on now is great but it’s just a step in a process that’s all about growth and learning.

“We continue to try to execute early in the season,” Ingram continued. “We’re going to have sometimes where we succeed and we’re going to have sometimes where we fail, but we’

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