Was very surprised with the raptors. It is very clear Darko wants this team to be respected for its 3-pt shot and gave them the green light to keep shooting even when it wasnt initially falling. 40% from 3 on opening night for a team that was among the worst in the league last year with no crazy additions (Dick is known fof his 3 pt shot but didnt really play, Dennis has one but he replaced Fred who was supposed to have one/does but is really inconsistent).

Our defence was stiffling, especially against a team with two bigs and a weapon in ant. Last year this would be when wed get rekt. Poetl (and others) cleaned up off the glass both on the O and D. Dennis was an absolute UNIT. OG was killing it. Siakam showed up BIG in the 4th. we had well distributed minutes and didnt even play everyone (Koloko - injury, Otto - ???, Boucher - ???).

Things to clean up: Some players had an off shooting night. NBD but Siakam and Barnes will hopefully clean that up asap. Our backup PG position is lacking and I hope Flynn figures it out. Dude seems like a great guy. If not, we may need to run more Point Scottie with the 2nd unit and increase his minutes (I cant imagine hed be upset at this)?

What were you most happy about and what do you want to see cleaned up going forward?

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    1 year ago

    Half court offense, it will make or break our season. Last night wasn’t good, but I’ll give them 20 games before we know for sure what to expect.