I believe all of those teams lost major pieces.It's often brought up that we've had six different champions in the last 6 years, less has been made about the fact that none of the previous five champs came all that close to repeating:
The 2019 Raptors lost in R2 in 2020
The 2020 Lakers lost in R1 in 2021
The 2021 Bucks lost in R2 in 2022
The 2022 Warriors lost in R2 in 2023
The 2023 Nuggets lost in R2 in 2024
If they don't get it together it's not hard to imagine this team losing in R2 to the Knicks (or whomever), which would be right in line with every other champ from the past 6 years. This team is in the midst of their weakest stretch in the last 3 years (although the 2023 team had four 3 game losing streaks, something the current team hasn't done yet). If it's boredom or a problem focusing, that's fixable. If it's fatigue, that's a much more difficult nut to crack. It doesn't appear to be injury related (yet), so that's a plus.
I think other teams are being much more physical with the Cs and the Cs aren’t matching that energy because hey, it’s TOR on a Tuesday night.
When they start losing regularly to good teams, then I’ll start worrying.