The victory moved Toronto within one game of reaching .500 for the first time since early December.
Facing a Chicago defence that has been No. 1 in overall efficiency since Jan. 1, the Raptors got just enough scoring and a tremendous defensive effort to solidify their hold on a spot in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament heading into a big two-game series in Washington later this week,provided 19 in a reserve role as the Raptors won for the eighth time in their last 10 games.
“It does because they’re right around us and we are inside 20 games to go or something like that,” Nurse said of the Bulls-Wizards-Wizards trifecta. With Fred VanVleet back after missing three games for the birth of a daughter, Nurse had a starting lineup decision to make. He decided to bring Trent off the bench and start a big lineup of VanVleet, Scottie Barnes, O.G. Anunoby, Pascal Siakam and Jakob Poeltl against a predominantly guard-oriented Bulls team.
The game was the kind the Raptors are going to have to get used to in the sprint to the play-in games and, they hope, the playoffs. Nothing came easy and they had to be particularly on point defensively.to just 13 points on 5-for-11 shooting and Zach LaVine was limited to 17 points.
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