After winning two consecutive games, the Raptors, who are in good shape, continue to sit at home and usher in the challenge of the Spurs during the three-game losing streak.
In terms of the Raptors, VanVleet + Siakam are in hot form, and the team has home advantage in this campaign, and is also ready to take advantage of the victory to chase and defend the home to win 3 consecutive wins.
On the other hand, on the Spurs side, a number of main players are absent at the same time, and this time the Spurs are playing away, Kelden Johnson + Derrick White + Peltel, which undoubtedly needs to be played.
However, after four quarters of playing, with a wave of 14-0 scoring climax, the Raptors, who played at home, comprehensively suppressed the Spurs in the first half and quickly gained a 15-point lead.
Coupled with the return of the second half, VanVleet + Trent Jr. felt hot in the third quarter, leading the Raptors to become more and more courageous, constantly suppressing the Spurs' counterattack momentum.
With a wave of 17-3 offensive frenzy in the last quarter, the Raptors, who finally made a big fuss, also won the Spurs 129-104 at home, winning 3 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the Spurs 4 consecutive losses!
The Raptors lived up to expectations in this game, and the whole team continued the previous fiery state, playing a team offense with 7 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of siakam + Anunoby + Barnes + Achuva and other main forces, each performing their duties, the play of the two cores VanVleet + Gary Trent Jr. is particularly critical!
In this game, VanVleet felt hot, shooting 7 three-pointers on 12-of-23 shooting, not to mention, and bombarding the game-high 33 points, plus 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.
And in the first half, his heroic performance of personally scoring 24 points not only helped the Raptors successfully open the situation, but also became an invincible presence for the Spurs!
In addition, as a major trump card on the offensive end of the team, the performance of Gary Trent Jr. in this game is also indispensable.
Gary Trent Jr. was both offensive and defensive, starting 31 minutes, shooting 3 three-pointers on 8 of 16 shooting, and contributing 21 points + 3 assists + 2 steals.
While providing the Raptors with strong scoring ability, the key play of Gary Trent Jr. in this game also completely disrupted the Spurs' defensive deployment, playing a crucial role in the Raptors' 3 consecutive wins!
More importantly, after winning three consecutive games against the Spurs in this game, the Raptors' regular season record also came to 17 wins and 17 losses.
In terms of team win rate and win gap, the Hornets, who are 8th in the East, have officially risen to 9th in the East!
And with the current momentum of the Raptors, in the next schedule, the Raptors do have a great chance to launch an impact on the top 8 in the East!
On the spurs side, the team's offensive and defensive ends were comprehensively crushed in this game, and finally swallowed a 25-point rout + 4 consecutive defeats, which is obviously somewhat unacceptable.
After all, in the case of derrick White + Peltel + Vassell and other main players, continuing to perform steadily, the play of Tigers in this campaign is indeed a bit unsatisfactory!
In this game, Kelden Johnson was slightly sluggish, starting 28 minutes, only 3 of 13 shots felt cold, and the outside three-point shot was 5 and 0 shots completely lost the crosshairs.
Throughout the game, Kelden Johnson also only scored 6 points+ 4 rebounds + 4 assists + 1 steal, and at the same time there were 3 personal turnovers, losing 4 fouls, completely without the previous vitality and impact!
In the absence of core defender Murray, facing VanVleet, who has gone crazy, Popovich, who hates the away game, seems to have no choice but to accept reality.
In this regard, many Spurs fans also said after the game: Murray is coming back to help Popovich!