“ We trust number 4. » Gary Trent Jr. is not the only one among the Raptors to have confidence in Scottie Barnes which bears the number in question. This night in Washington, and for the third time this season, the first was introduced into Darko Rajakovic's five.
And this to the detriment of Dennis Schroder, used as a 6th man. “ This is a change that we have wanted for some time. We felt it was a good opportunity today to give Scottie Barnes a bigger role as a ball handler and we also wanted Dennis to help us with the second five “, thus justifies the coach of the Canadian team.
This was his first change of five this season that was not motivated by injuries. A gamble that paid off against a weak Wizards team, beaten by 30 points, and the Raptors not far from recording a franchise record for assists, established a month earlier against the Pistons (44).
No more “pure” leader
Of the 43 assists in total, 11 were generated by Pascal Siakam, 10 others by Dennis Schroder (with 9 points on 4/6 shooting and 4 rebounds), and finally 8 by the former Rookie of the Year, fully repositioned leader.
“ This is part of its development and growth. With Dennis being an important part of what we do, you could see today that he has accepted this role. We are looking to regularize our minutes and have more continuity », announces Darko Rajakovic, whose choice should make a victim within his rotations, Malachi Flynn (6 points in 5 minutes last night).
After relying for years on Kyle Lowry then Fred VanVleet, the Raptors therefore seem ready to no longer play with a “pure” leader, in a conventional configuration, and thus move away from the logic of positions.
The advantage with Scottie Barnes is to be able to benefit, like with Pascal Siakam, from the dribbling and vision of the game qualities of a larger player. Last night, as validation of their adjustment, the Raptors scored 20 more points than the Wizards on the counterattack (28-8).
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Pascal Siakam | 30 | 34.6 | 50.7 | 24.1 | 75.7 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 21.3 |
| Scottie Barnes | 30 | 35.0 | 48.9 | 38.9 | 76.7 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 20.7 |
| Og Anunoby | 26 | 33.2 | 48.6 | 37.1 | 71.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 15.2 |
| Dennis Schroder | 30 | 31.9 | 42.5 | 35.6 | 86.7 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 14.1 |
| Gary Trent, Jr. | 27 | 25.4 | 40.4 | 37.4 | 62.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 30 | 25.8 | 70.4 | 0.0 | 50.8 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 10.6 |
| Precious Achiuwa | 24 | 18.1 | 46.2 | 27.7 | 57.1 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 8.0 |
| Chris Boucher | 27 | 14.0 | 46.1 | 36.5 | 76.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 6.5 |
| Malachi Flynn | 30 | 15.6 | 40.9 | 35.0 | 77.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.2 |
| Gradey Dick | 19 | 12.4 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| Otto Porter | 13 | 12.2 | 43.8 | 36.4 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| Jalen Mcdaniels | 18 | 9.0 | 28.1 | 17.2 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 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 |
| Garrett Temple | 6 | 3.2 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Thaddeus Young | 5 | 3.5 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| 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 |
