The Raptors’ offence thrives on pace and variety, with multiple ballhandlers doing lots of driving and kicking and swinging the ball around the perimeter to turn a good shot into a great one.
When it grinds down, when the ball doesn’t move and the players don’t cut and the shots are far more contested than they should be, they struggle — as they did Tuesday night.
Despite a solid defensive performance, the Raptors couldn’t manufacture an effective enough offence as they dropped a 109-102 decision to the Philadelphia 76ers in Tampa, Fla.
The loss dropped Toronto back to .