Unfortunately for the Raptors, and possibly an exciting chance to see Pascal Siakam play point guard again, Fred VanVleet remains a question mark just moments before tip-off. Joining him will be Scottie Barnes in what I can only presume to be a couple of game-time decisions. I expect VanVleet to play, if only to face off against DeMar DeRozan (the two are quite fond of each other in a big/little brother capacity) as their compete level remain off the charts.
Scottie could use the rest after hitting that 35-40 game mark — the usual watermark of the rookie wall, after playing around that number of games for the last five years, but his body on the court would help tremendously.