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So that was a big time boot kicking. Hurts when Precious has an 18/11 game against you with a +13 off the bench. And that includes time with Hartenstein on the bench with an ankle issue.
In that second half it really felt like the schedule caught up to them. 3rd game in 4 nights will do that. Have to play the 4th game in 6 nights on Monday as well. That one will likely be ugly too. The rebounding differential was a story. But their stars stepped up and ours didn't. Hope Scottie is fine because he was pointing at his back at times. Yet Scottie always seems to look like he's in pain.
RJ was our best Raptor but he wasn't hitting free throws. Got to the line. I thought the ball movement and defense was great in the first quarter. Randle stepped up his game and just toyed with the Raptors though. Easy triple double for him. And Brunson just caught fire. That little brush screen they have at the top of the perimeter is so tough to challenge. They stagger two bigs and just get Brunson open enough for a quick 3. A play we should try to copy to get a good look off for IQ (have to wait for Jak to get back I guess).
Jontay had a lot of rookie moments. But still like him. Brown was really bad in this one. I liked Dick's minutes. He made two corner 3's.. missed another. But also did a good job getting a rebound tipped in out of Randle's hands. The potential is looking good there.
Hard to really evaluate the team with this schedule loss looming. But there is some potential there. Still need to fill a lot of wholes though. Would also be easier if we had Jak instead of Thad playing. That's a few games now where we know he would have made a difference. Likely not enough to win the game, but enough to not make it a curb stomping.
In that second half it really felt like the schedule caught up to them. 3rd game in 4 nights will do that. Have to play the 4th game in 6 nights on Monday as well. That one will likely be ugly too. The rebounding differential was a story. But their stars stepped up and ours didn't. Hope Scottie is fine because he was pointing at his back at times. Yet Scottie always seems to look like he's in pain.
RJ was our best Raptor but he wasn't hitting free throws. Got to the line. I thought the ball movement and defense was great in the first quarter. Randle stepped up his game and just toyed with the Raptors though. Easy triple double for him. And Brunson just caught fire. That little brush screen they have at the top of the perimeter is so tough to challenge. They stagger two bigs and just get Brunson open enough for a quick 3. A play we should try to copy to get a good look off for IQ (have to wait for Jak to get back I guess).
Jontay had a lot of rookie moments. But still like him. Brown was really bad in this one. I liked Dick's minutes. He made two corner 3's.. missed another. But also did a good job getting a rebound tipped in out of Randle's hands. The potential is looking good there.
Hard to really evaluate the team with this schedule loss looming. But there is some potential there. Still need to fill a lot of wholes though. Would also be easier if we had Jak instead of Thad playing. That's a few games now where we know he would have made a difference. Likely not enough to win the game, but enough to not make it a curb stomping.
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