The Toronto Raptors are coming off of one of their biggest, guttiest wins of the season — their triple-OT thriller against the Miami Heat. But the NBA schedule is unrelenting, especially in a pandemic, which means tonight’s matchup against the Atlanta Hawks kicks off a stretch of four games in five nights. Yikes!
Health and rest will be critical this week, obviously. To say the Raptors’ starters all played heavy minutes on Saturday would be a huge understatement, and asking them to sustain such a pace through this stretch is pretty unreasonable — and will only lead to more injuries, which will only lead to heavier minutes, which will only lead to.