After the departure of OG Anunoby to New York and the arrivals of RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, the Raptors won three games out of four. And since then, the good dynamic has disappeared and the transfer of Pascal Siakam to Indiana has caused Toronto to fall even further.
The Canadian franchise is on three losses in a row, the last of which against the weak Grizzlies, orphans of their best players. With 100 points scored and 17 balls lost against Memphis, Darko Rajakovic's men showed a very poor performance.
“We were not connected, neither offensively nor defensively. Everyone was walking on eggshells,” notes the coach for The Star. “At the start of the match, the lost balls were explained by concentration and effort. We missed all that at the start of the match. »
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Isn't that logical when you lose two important players and change the squad so much (and this could continue with Bruce Brown…) in just three weeks?
“It’s a whole new team,” confirms Darko Rajakovic. “And the only way to continue to progress in the middle of the season is to support each other. We will have very beautiful moments. We will have ups and downs, that's part of the game. We have to have frank conversations, in a positive way, to move forward, it's very important. »
This setback is one of the lows mentioned by the coach. The current series as well, since the Raptors have posted seven defeats in eight matches over the past two weeks. And on Sunday, they leave for a “road trip” of six matches in eleven days. The opportunity to get to know each other.
“When I got there, we still had Pascal Siakam. So it’s a new team again,” reacts RJ Barrett. “We just need to have some time to practice and focus on how we play with this new group. »
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Pascal Siakam | 39 | 34.7 | 52.2 | 31.7 | 75.8 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 22.2 |
| Rj Barrett | 12 | 33.4 | 55.8 | 37.5 | 66.1 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 20.9 |
| Scottie Barnes | 44 | 35.2 | 48.0 | 36.7 | 75.3 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 20.2 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 12 | 31.8 | 41.1 | 44.4 | 85.0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| Og Anunoby | 27 | 33.3 | 48.9 | 37.4 | 71.7 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 15.1 |
| Dennis Schroder | 44 | 31.0 | 45.1 | 35.9 | 85.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 13.9 |
| Gary Trent, Jr. | 39 | 25.8 | 42.5 | 41.7 | 65.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 36 | 26.5 | 68.5 | 0.0 | 53.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 10.6 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 3 | 22.7 | 56.5 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| Precious Achiuwa | 25 | 17.5 | 45.9 | 27.7 | 57.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 7.7 |
| Chris Boucher | 41 | 14.2 | 47.2 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 6.1 |
| Malachi Flynn | 31 | 15.3 | 40.9 | 35.0 | 77.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| Jontay Porter | 11 | 15.6 | 34.5 | 27.6 | 100.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
| Thaddeus Young | 16 | 12.4 | 52.8 | 25.0 | 57.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| Gradey Dick | 23 | 12.6 | 32.1 | 29.1 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| Jalen Mcdaniels | 27 | 9.1 | 33.7 | 18.2 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| Jordan Nwora | 1 | 4.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Otto Porter | 15 | 11.6 | 42.4 | 34.8 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Markquis Nowell | 1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Javon Freeman-liberty | 1 | 2.4 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Garrett Temple | 11 | 4.1 | 46.2 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Ron Harper | 1 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
