The all-star break apparently wasn’t long enough to heal what has been ailing the banged-up Raptors, but they seem determined to play through it.
One day after learning versatile wingman OG Anunoby would be out indefinitely with a non-displaced fracture of his right ring finger, Nick Nurse was forced to deal with two more of his star players whose availabilities were hanging by a thread.
Approximately 90 minutes before Saturday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, the Raptors still weren’t sure whether stars Fred VanVleet and Pascal Siakam would be able to play.