Saturday, the Raptors welcome the Mavs and we wonder what the squad will be able to look like Nick Nurse. The Canadian infirmary is currently full of injured and therefore uncertain players.
The last game against the Nets has already provided a good overview of the carnage. That evening, the Toronto coach could only rely on ten players. Pascal Siakam (adductor), Scottie Barnes (knee), Fred VanVleet (sick), Dalano Banton (ankle), Precious Achiuwa (ankle) or even Otto Porter Jr. (toe) were all on the sidelines.
As a result, Nick Nurse had to start Malachi Flynn in the lead, who had never been up to now, and line up Thaddeus Young and Christian Koloko, both promised substitute status, alongside regular starters Gary Trent Jr. and OG Anunoby.
This unprecedented five did not hold up at all against the five opposite, carried by the trio Kevin Durant – Kyrie Irving – Ben Simmons. Evidenced by the abysmal difference in the respective “+/-“: -12 or worse for each Raptors player, +15 or better for their opponents.
” You can enjoy the challenge, but not for three weeks”
” We made a lot of mistakes. The bad player who takes two, the wrong directions. Things like this weren’t executed the way they were meant to be », regrets Nick Nurse after the match. Before tempering: It’s a very good team (from Brooklyn), motivated, with a lot of shooters and attackers while our guys are not feeling very well. So, I’m not going to sit back and lash out at everyone. We will learn what we can learn and try to regroup. »
” We just hope the guys start coming back “, he also displays, enjoying the two days of rest to come. Because Nick Nurse, accustomed in recent years to relying heavily on his holders, even if it means reducing his rotations as much as possible, does not hide the fact that this permanent knitting is not his cup of tea.
” Once in a while you can enjoy the challenge, but not for three weeks in a row like this. It’s getting… it’s not very pleasant. It’s not the end of the world, and it’s not like we played badly, because I think we played well. If you look at some of our stats… I think we’re still in the top 10 in attack and defense in the league despite all these injuries that we’ve had for several weeks. “, positive Nick Nurse.
Result: his team, 9th attack in the league (114 points out of 100 possessions) and 15th defense (112 points), clings to 8th place in his conference with a balanced record of nine wins and as many losses.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Pascal Siakam | 9 | 35.6 | 47.9 | 34.2 | 72.5 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 24.8 |
| Og Anunoby | 18 | 36.2 | 46.5 | 32.2 | 84.4 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 18.6 |
| Fred Vanvleet | 12 | 37.4 | 38.2 | 37.5 | 85.4 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 18.5 |
| Gary Trent, Jr. | 15 | 31.9 | 40.7 | 31.1 | 76.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| Scottie Barnes | 16 | 33.5 | 43.8 | 35.5 | 74.1 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| chris butcher | 14 | 23.0 | 46.8 | 32.6 | 75.9 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 12.3 |
| Precious Achiuwa | 12 | 20.4 | 39.1 | 17.9 | 84.8 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| Malachi Flynn | 11 | 13.9 | 43.1 | 50.0 | 90.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 7.5 |
| Dalano Banton | 15 | 11.2 | 42.7 | 32.4 | 87.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| Thaddeus Young | 15 | 17.1 | 56.7 | 7.7 | 80.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Otto Porter | 8 | 18.3 | 50.0 | 35.3 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.5 |
| Christian Koloko | 18 | 17.6 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 61.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 11 | 16.1 | 46.2 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| Jeff Dowtin | 5 | 9.7 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Justin Champagnie | 2 | 4.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Ron Harper | 2 | 3.9 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Khem Birsh | 8 | 7.4 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
