The young Toronto Raptors might have sputtered out to a shaky start, but they're suddenly one of the hottest teams in the league, tied with Miami for the NBA's best win streak of five games.
- The youngRaptors might have sputtered out to a shaky start, but they're suddenly one of the hottest teams in the league, tied with Miami for the NBA's best win streak of five games.“I'm not going to lie, it really did surprise me,” said Raptors forward and Montreal native Khem Birch. “It's funny, when all the older guys left this summer, it was like, 'Wow, we are pretty young.
The Raptors were back home Thursday after winning their first four road games of the season - a first in franchise history. It was also their first 4-0 trip since just before COVID-19 shut down the league in March of 2020.'s' strong start comes despite being without all-star Pascal Siakam, who is still recovering from off-season shoulder surgery. Rookie Scottie Barnes also missed the last games after spraining his right thumb in Saturday's win at Indiana.
“His comfortability of where guys are going to be, when they're going to cut, what matchups they have, he's reading a lot of stuff out there, and then he's also reading his own game. He knows whatever the coverages are, what he can get to, and his using a variety of shots this year is also a big plus.”'s win streak, including down the stretch of Wednesday's win.
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