Heading into Thursday night's NBA slate, five NBA franchises had yet to post a winning streak longer than nine games within a single season. By evening's end, that number was down to four. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Behind 26 points apiece from All-Star starter Kyle Lowry and All-Star reserve DeMar DeRozan, the Toronto Raptors took down the shorthanded New York Knicks on Thursday, 103-93 . Center Jonas Valanciunas pulled down 18 rebounds against a Knicks club missing All-Star Carmelo Anthony (sore left knee), exciting rookie Kristaps Porzingis (upper respiratory illness) and former Toronto point guard Jose Calderon (sore right groin) to help extend the Raptors' winning streak to 10 games. That's a franchise record for consecutive victories; Toronto's previous high-water mark was nine, set back in the spring of 2002 , back in the days when Vinsanity reigned supreme. This year's model might not have the flash and panache of Vince Carter in the air with the ball in his hand and malice on his mind. Still, the 2015-16 Raptors are — thus far, at least — the best edition in franchise history, on track to not just top the 50-win...