With about two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets are the only division race that can go either way. With less than 10 games remaining which team will come away with the Atlantic Division?
| ATLANTIC | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | DIFF | STRK | L10 |
| x - Toronto (3) | 43 | 32 | .573 | - | 23-14 | 20-18 | 10-3 | 27-18 | 100.8 | 97.6 | +3.1 | Won 1 | 6-4 |
| x - Brooklyn (5) | 40 | 34 | .541 | 2 ½ | 26-11 | 14-23 | 8-6 | 22-22 | 98.5 | 99.3 | -0.8 | Lost 1 | 7-3 |
| New York (8) | 33 | 43 | .434 | 10 ½ | 17-21 | 16-22 | 7-6 | 22-24 | 98.6 | 99.7 | -1.1 | Won 3 | 7-3 |
| Boston | 23 | 52 | .307 | 20 | 15-23 | 8-29 | 5-9 | 19-26 | 95.4 | 99.9 | -4.5 | Lost 6 | 1-9 |
| Philadelphia | 16 | 59 | .213 | 27 | 9-30 | 7-29 | 3-9 | 11-35 | 98.9 | 110.1 | -11.2 | Lost 2 | 1-9 |
(Courtesy of ESPN as of 4/4/14)
The Raptors have been one of the surprises of this NBA season and if they can hold on in the Atlantic, this Raptor team might of the franchise's best in history. DeMar DeRozan has really come on to lead this Raptor team both on the court and in points per game with 22.8. Toronto has been solid all season long and hasn't really been as streaky as the Nets. At 43-32, they still lead the Nets by 2.5 games and only play one team above .500 the rest of the way.
The Nets were dead and buried weeks into the season and rookie head coach Jason Kidd had written his team off saying “we have gotten used to losing,” but since then the Nets have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA. Since the Nets 10-21 start on New Years Eve, Brooklyn has sung to the tune of 30-13 including winning 10 of their first 11 games in 2014. The Nets’ balance and teamwork has been their strength, with five players averaging in double figures and no one man averaging more than 16 points per game. The Nets only play one team over .500 the rest of the way as well so they need to hope the Raptors flop at some point.
These two have split their season series 2-2, but they could see each other in the first round in the Wizards can pass the Nets in the standings. The Wizards stand 1.5 games back of the Nets for the 5th seed.
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