The injury-riddled Raptors have been getting looks from deep, but they need help finishing them off. Matt Thomas's imminent return should help. (ardenzwelling)
“You just have to play through it. We can’t feel sorry for ourselves,” Thomas said. “No other team’s going to. They’re going to come in here and try to beat us. They don’t care what product we have on the court. So, we have to be ready. Everyone — all 15, 17 of us have to be ready to play.”
“Yeah, that Miami game was tough. It’s hard to sit out. But it’s even harder to sit out as a shooter when we’re struggling like that,” Thomas said. “But that will never happen again — going, I think it was 6-for-42? We were getting good looks, it just was one of those nights shots didn’t fall.” The return of Thomas, who shot 47 per cent from distance over his two seasons in Spain, ought to help in that regard. The last six weeks have been frustrating for him, as he’s been patiently waiting for the fracture in his non-shooting hand to heal. What made it difficult was he knew he could play. He’s been running full practices with the Raptors for weeks. But an unfortunate collision in the chaotic environment of an NBA game could have sent the injury back to square one.
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