The Chuckster has spoken.

According to Charles Barkley of TNT, the Toronto Raptors are going to win the Eastern Conference and advance to the NBA Finals:

"The Toronto Raptors are going to win the Eastern Conference."



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As it stands, the Raptors are certainly the most consistent of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers are still an up-and-down team even after the trade deadline and the Boston Celtics go through extreme offensive struggles, you don't know what to expect from them on a night-to-night basis.

Following the Raptors' dramatic 121-119 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons, they became the first team in the NBA to clinch a playoff berth. DeMar DeRozan scored 42 points and converted on the game-tying slam dunk to sent the game into overtime.

Considering the Raptors have won six straight and are 9-1 in their past 10 games, they seem like a lock to win the Eastern Conference in the regular season. We'll see if Barkley is right in his prediction when Toronto actually matches up with the Cavaliers or Celtics in the playoffs.