When a team plays the Knicks, it can be hard to evaluate their performance. But michaelgrange gives it a try with these Raptors Takeaways.
Nick Nurse has seen Norm Powell at his best. Like when he came off the bench in Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers in 2016 and helped the Raptors exercise a lot of demons by chipping 13 clutch points on just six shots in the team’s first ever seven-game series win, all in his rookie season.
The Knicks defence must have been like catnip to Powell, who was coming off a 20-point night against the Bulls. In the past Powell has used games like this to pad his numbers. But against the Knicks, Powell played the game the Raptors need him to play – an aggressive type of minimalism. He was 3-of-4 from deep, his first two threes were assisted as he spot up from the corners. He only took seven shots. He didn’t try to do too much.
The problem with doing anything against the Knicks is doing anything yields at least middling results. The Raptors won every quarter on Thursday night. It didn’t matter who played. It’s hard to see exactly where Gasol and Ibaka would be an important go-to lineup option in the playoffs. Maybe against Detroit to counter-act Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond? Conceivably. It could also just be a way to get both of them some minutes.
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