Marc Gasol emerges as anchorman on Raptors defence

There are not likely to be any games of astonishing raw numbers posted by Marc Gasol in his time with the Raptors. The chances of him putting up 30 points or 20 rebounds in a game are remote.

It doesn’t matter, though, because Gasol does so many things that only his teammates and coaches can appreciate — and that his opponents intensely dislike — that the numbers don’t mean a thing.