The truth is, as short-handed as the team is now, the Raptors may not have the depth at the moment to sustain all of what the celtics can throw at them, writes loung_s.
TORONTO – After getting blown out by the Boston Celtics on Christmas Day at home, thewill get an opportunity at some immediate revenge Saturday when they head to Beantown in a pseudo home-and-home and the first half of a back-to-back.
Toronto shot 47.5 per cent from the field and a respectable-but-not-outstanding 34.8 per cent from three-point range. Additionally, Chris Boucher had a career-high 24 points off the bench and VanVleet continued his strong run of play since returning from an injury of his own, scoring 27 on 11-for-21 shooting.
The question for the Raptors now is how are they going to prevent the exact same thing from happening again? This isn’t to say the Raptors are already waving the white flag heading into Boston, of course, but given their injuries, the outcome is probably highly dependant on how hard they play and how much effort they manage to put into games to stay competitive and, perhaps, come up with a victory against teams of the Celtics’ calibre.
“Matt’s out there doing everything non-contact,” said Nurse. “He’s still a little bit away from getting into contact. As soon as they clear him for contact, we’ll get him out there.”
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