b +
Juancho was playing great and tonight he continues to play the perfect role and is just a great cutter. He didn’t make too many mistakes on defense either.
a
Pascal came back like he never left and we didn’t miss him, boy. He opened the game with a flurry of downhill attacks in the half and in transition, and from that moment on I knew it was going to be a good night from him. Pascal is really good at picking up defensive rebounds so he can pick up the pace for easy points. His presence once again set his teammates on fire as his leadership called for help. The middle touch looked as good as it did today.
b +
Thad is pretty much the glue guy you love on your team and tonight was no different, finding knives as another pivot and also fighting low to pull off his patented hook. Help with the bounce department and give the raptors some extra chances.
a
OG has found a perfect way to put Pascal Siakam back on the list. While we haven’t seen as much self-creativity from OG as we’ve seen over the past few weeks, we’ve seen him play in an off-the-ball role and thrive thanks to Pascal’s flow, he did a really good job as a transitional trailer too. He also locked Donovan Mitchell for the night and essentially put him out of action during the game.
B
Fred would normally struggle on the field tonight, but he was very aggressive getting to the edge and used that aggression to find his teammates after tightening the baseline a few times. She could have done a better job staying ahead of Darius Garland but overall it was a positive match from Gary.
B
Scotty came off the bench for the first time in his regular season career and did well in that backup role. He was really great as a playmaker today pushing the pace a lot and dropping as usual.
against
There wasn’t much time/chances tonight for Koloko, it didn’t really affect the match
c +
He came off the bench tonight and managed to adapt seamlessly into attack. He hit the ball well and made some extra passes, usually a solid play by Garry
against
It wasn’t Boucher’s best game today and he didn’t have a lot of chances to score, he got to the goal line and was solid on defense.
d +
He came blowing bunnies and threw a wide open campaign.
a company
trash time
a
He got Scotty and Gary off the bench tonight and that worked for everyone.
