Their win over the Trail Blazers was perhaps the best example yet of the Raptors' three highest-profile players acting like more than the sum of their parts. (michaelgrange)
The Raptors ‘Big Three’ wasn’t alone, by any means. But for once the early story wasn’t about who started but how the second unit supported them.
The Raptors led 31-24 after the first quarter as Lin went the length of the floor after a steal by Patrick McCaw and then Anunoby blocked a Jake Lehman triple on the Blazers’ last possession as the Raptors held Portland to 41 per cent shooting. Part of that flow was simply having Leonard on the floor for consecutive games for just the second time in the month of February or playing consecutive games with Lowry for just the third time in eight weeks. Getting minutes with Gasol has been hard to come by also.After their evisceration of Boston on Tuesday, the two days rest ensured that Leonard would be available and – as it turned out – have some zip on his fastball.
"I don’t know what our record is without Kawhi out, but it’s pretty good, probably equivalent or so to with him in. We’re not missing too many beats there, so I think our guys are handling it good."
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