Raptors starters go cold from the field against Hawks as winning streak snapped at three from Mike_Ganter
What wasn’t so expected was the way the Raptors starting five, outside of Scottie Barnes and O.G. Anunoby struggled shooting the ball.
VanVleet, who has been In a special shooting hell all of his own for much of this season, was just 1-for-9 through the first 3.5 quarters leading to a light minutes night and a little more run for Malachi Flynn. Siakam, the most consistent Raptor this year in terms of scoring, started as slow as his two struggling teammates, and while he found his stroke for a short period of time it wasn’t near enough to offset the lack of production from the starters overall. Siakam finished with 15 points in 34 minutes before fouling out.Article contentThey combined for 35 points between them on 12-of-16 shooting in the first half alone before finishing a combined 19-for-34 for 56 points, 29 of them from Young.
That duo combined for 26 points to help Toronto win the battle of the benches. Atlanta got 13 from AJ Griffin, son of Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin, but outside of that and nine from Jalen Johnson got little else from its reserves.
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