Game 23: Golden State Warriors (15-8) 128 - Toronto Raptors 131 (19-4)

[Demographic Shift]

Siakam is getting more hype than OG.

And deservedly so...Siakam is in his third year and earned his starting role..

OG is in his second year..when he is in his 3rd he will be pushing the needle higher as well.

[slaw]

Oh, and remember everyone, just another regular season game. Not that important. Means nothing. No psychological impact at all. 1 of 82. You can tell by the way the two best players on the floor barely cared tonight.

[MixxAOR]

At a time when NBA teams need to have a scoring PG. Wonderful.

Gotta adjust to your personnel. And league is always changing

[The Claw Reborn]

Lowry is not a scorer anymore. He plays classic pg role.

I actually don’t mind....want him to defer more to Kawhi and Green who both are championship tested

[Raptor Jesus]

Last time Durant was hitting buzzer beating 3's from the parking lot against us was while he was in OKC, and had a game like this and beat us in OT.

We got one back.

Well worth the price of admission. Ask them folks paying 5x face.

Nurse remembers

[golden]

Lowry is not a scorer anymore. He plays classic pg role.

At a time when NBA teams need to have a scoring PG. Wonderful.

[Raptor Jesus]

Raptors win Game 23, advance to Game 24.

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) November 30, 2018

He's finally getting it

[The Claw Reborn]

At the very least we can get a split against the Champs...

Raps should just take care of their conference and stay on top

HCA all the way will be ours

Anything can happen

[S.R.]

4 for 14 and panicky crunch time play is not acceptable from your superstar, and highest paid player. And he's going up against Quinn Cook and they were hiding him on Iggy. Might as well have just put Delon out there.

Lowry shot 54.5% from the field in clutch time last season, 41% from deep (both higher than his per game averages). He's fine, but there's a lot of confirmation bias in the narrative. Any game where this happens there's "proof," games where it doesn't are ignored.

[Truth Teller]

Siakam is getting more hype than OG.

[Jclaw]

Raptors win Game 23, advance to Game 24.

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) November 30, 2018

[Truth Teller]

Lowry was actually ok. But he has to hit those open shots. He missed the open 3 at the end of the 4th and then played hot potato.

[A.I]

Of course, you'll take the win, but Lowry got bailed out by spectacular play from his teammates. He wasn't the key driver of wins tonight. We need Lowry to be more than a hustle, glue guy if we're going to beat elite teams. We shouldn't be satisfied with what we saw tonight.

Well guess what, players struggle shooting. Klay was 3/9 from 3 and had pretty good looks. Lowry impacted the game in every other aspect and thats what a star does when they struggle shooting.

[Jclaw]

It's at the point where the "Pascal is exploding" narrative is almost old already but another huge step in his development. 7/8 on his free throws including 3/4 with the game on the line

[Truth Teller]

Lowry has a very sick move that he needs to use more often: Drive to the left. Full stop and then pivot his body around for a fade-away.

He always seems to make it.