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Know the Opponent: Toronto Raptors

Indy Cornrows | December 23, 2019

Related Topics: Toronto Raptors, Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, Malcolm Brogdon, Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka, ECHL Leading Scorer Award, Kemba Walker, Myles Turner, Kawhi Leonard

Record: 21-8

Leading Scorer: Lowry (20.2 PPG)

Leading Rebounder: Ibaka (7.4 RPG)

Leading Assists: Lowry: (7.5 APG)

Biggest Challenge: Small backcourt

The Raptors roll out a duo-point guard starting lineup with Lowry and VanVleet. They are also their two best players currently healthy. We’ve seen Malcolm Brogdon struggle guarding small, quick point guards, and with the starting backcourt being both small and quick guards, you can’t cross match him on to the bigger shooting guard. Lowry and VanVleet don’t posses the quickness of guys like Trae Young and Kemba Walker who have lit up the Indiana Pacers this season, but they bring the same issues to the table in a lesser sense.

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