The Chicago Bulls travel north of the border to face the Toronto Raptors at Scotia Bank Arena on Sunday.

The Bulls (19-32) own a 6-6 record over their last 12 games and that's the team that we expected to see all season. Unfortunately, they carried a six-game losing streak into that run and stretches like that have become way too common for this team. What's really been slowing them down is all of the injuries, with Lauri Markkanen, Daniel Gafford, Wendell Carter Jr and Kris Dunn all nicked up right now. That's simply too many deficits to overcome and it's forced Zach LzVine to take over. That's certainly worked thus far though, leading the team with 25.1 points per game. That makes many people think that he was snubbed at the All-Star game and he'll have to keep playing like that if they want to get back into playoff contention.

The Raptors (35-14) have had trouble staying healthy themselves, losing Marc Gasol and Norman Powell to injury this week. Those two have been on and off the injury report all season long and it doesn't even take into consideration lengthy absences from guys like Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVleet and Pascal Siakam as well. That would make one believe that they've had a down season but it's actually on the contrary. This club has been one of the biggest surprises this year, vying for the two-seed in the Eastern Conference. For them to lose Kawhi Leonard in the offseason and deal with all of these injuries so well is a testament to how well this organization is run and no one should count them out come playoff time in April and May.

These teams have played twice this season, with Toronto winning both matchups. That actually gives the Raptors 11-straight wins over the Bulls in total dating back to 2017. Prior to that, Chicago won its previous 11 games over Toronto dating back to 2014.