The Spurs missed out on a perfect opportunity to win their third straight game in their visit to Tampa to face the Raptors. Against an opponent on the second game of a back-to-back and missing basically their entire guard rotation, they looked erratic and overconfident and paid for it by losing 117-112.
No Kyle Lowry, Fred Van Vleet or Gary Trent Jr. meant Nick Nurse was going to have to compensate for a lack of perimeter scoring and playmaking. His solution was too go with a supersized starting lineup that featured OG Anunoby at shooting guard and Paskal Siakam at small forward.