We first dive into their recent stretch of play (1:50) where we discuss DeMarre Carroll’s health and how the Raptors will defend the perimeter in his absence (3:20). Player efficiency rating isn’t the be-all and end-all when it comes to evaluating a player’s contributions, but it’s also somewhat telling; Ross’ PER never climbed higher than 12.0 in those first three seasons. Valanciunas had been splitting minutes at center with Bismack Biyombo pretty evenly over the previous five games, but if Valanciunas can start pumping out performances like this one a bit more frequently, he is likely to see more minutes than Biyombo going forward.
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DeRozan scored 21 points in the second half. “The guy was averaging 7.3 assists per game before he got hurt, so obviously he made an adjustment”. In the Raptors case, back-to-back losses to conference rivals Chicago and Cleveland earlier in the week, may have caused some tension within the Toronto fanbase.
The numbers just aren’t adding up for the Nets, and after eight straight losses at home, it shows.
In the season so far, he said: “Progressing”.
“The last three games, we take periods of games. and we take shortcuts”.
The Nets will have about $40 million in cap space this summer, and they got an up-close look Wednesday at one of their primary expected targets: DeMar DeRozan.
To go with their 26-point quarter, the Raptors held the Wizards to a season-best 14.
“I think JV just did a good job of being in the right spots tonight”, Lowry said.
Off the court, last season’s starting backcourt in the All-Star game, Lowry and Wall both have aspirations of returning to the mid-season classic this year in Toronto.
In 2013-14, when the teams played four regular season games and seven playoff games, the cumulative score was 1,070-1070.
They might land you more closer to draft day.
Reggie Jackson, who played at nearby Boston College, scored nine of his game-high 24 points in the final 6:01 as the Pistons (20-16) won for the third time in four games. The other difference – and it’s a major one – is that Larkin had the benefit of mostly facing opposing teams’ backups. “We need to play better”. He had a horrendous game against Toronto, getting caught in the air on multiple occasions, leading to live-ball turnovers. Sloan would be a logical cut, if not for the fact that the Nets would still be looking at a point guard shortage on their depth chart. Toronto triumphed 84-82 in Washington on November 28 on guard Cory Joseph’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
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The scheme limited Toronto’s ball movement – they recorded just 11 assists on 35 baskets and zero assists in the fourth quarter. Despite trailing for nearly the entire game, the Nets took a lead in the second quarter, got within two points in the third, but weren’t able to capitalize as the Raptors outscored them 46-38 in the second half.
