Toronto is 2-1 on the seven-game road trip that continues Monday against the Phoenix Suns, and 7-5 in its last dozen games after ugly first half to the season.
inserted into the starting lineup for the injured O.G. Anunoby, responded with his best game of the season, a career-high 27 points to go along with 13 rebounds and a couple of steals in 33 minutes.“It’s all about rhythm and playing in the flow of the game and playing together as a team,” he said. “That’s how we’re going to get more wins and that’s how we know we’re playing basketball the right way and we’re just trying to get as many wins and we can right now.
All of this comes against the backdrop of the Feb. 9 trade deadline with rumours swirling around many of the Raptors and with vice-chairman Masai Ujiri and general manager Bobby Webster along for the trip. But as they shut out the noise around the bad start to the year, the Raptors are also disregarding — for the most part—– all the current trade chatter.
“There are guys that are thinking about where they’re living, where they’re moving, what their family situation is, kids in school,” Nurse said. “There’s the real life part of it that for sure guys are thinking about. But I also believe once you get here and once the ball goes up, they probably focus in and do the best they can on the night. Play the game and start worrying about it all over again, night to night. I think they can lose themselves in the game.
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