'The message I sent to our guys was 'Let's stick behind him, and show him some love.''
The positives are some enforced rest for Ibaka ahead of what could be a long playoff run and more playing time for Marc Gasol, who’s bounced up and down between the starting lineup and second unit since the Raptors acquired him in a deal at last month’s trade deadline.
Ibaka will miss Thursday’s game against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers, Sunday’s game in Detroit, and next Monday’s game against the visiting New York Knicks. "You take two steps forward and one back and you just stay with it and be patient and don’t get frustrated, which could be easy at times," Gasol said."He’s making a lot of good decisions. He’s getting to a lot of spots. He’s not finishing a lot of things we think he can finish, even the three-ball. A lot of post moves he’s making fairly easily, and they’re not going in," Nurse said.
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