On Friday, the Toronto Raptors capped a gruelling six-game road trip that saw them play five of those games on the west coast before finishing things off back east against the Indiana Pacers. The team went 2-4 during this stretch and had flashes of both brilliant and downright awful play — particularly on the defensive end. As frustrating as the results of the trip might have been, the fact that the Raptors were as hot and cold as they were shouldn’t be too surprising. This is a very young group that’s just learning how to play together and — for some players such as Scottie Barnes and Dalano Banton — everything they’re experiencing is, essentially, for the first time ever, meaning just about the only consistent with this team will be inconsistency. It can be aggravating at times to watch because it means lapses that likely wouldn’t happen with a veteran group that’s played together for a little while such as the Raptors team that won the championship in 2019, but it’s all par...