Opinion: It was Thad Young in Game 4. Now with Fred VanVleet hobbled, the Raptors have to find another magical performance in Philly on Monday night. Scottie Barnes, for one, seems ready, writes SmithRaps
and extended it to the dying seconds of overtime, then far better when they won Game 4 by pulling away in the fourth quarter.
Anunoby was tremendous in the second half of Game 2, and the Raptors rode his 26-point gem all of Game 3. Game 4? He missed 10 of 13 shots and was not a factor. Can Anunoby get back to his Game 3 form? Can Young come up with another gem? No one knows, because Nurse’s contention that every single game takes on its own personality, requiring a different touch and different strategy, is obviously true.
The wild card is all of this could very well be Barnes, the newly minted NBA rookie of the year who returned Saturday after missing two games with a sprained ankle. He certainly wasn’t his usual explosive self in 25 minutes, but gave the Raptors 11 rebounds, a stronger defensive presence and will likely see his ball-handling role expand regardless of VanVleet’s status.
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