TORONTO – After a fifth consecutive loss and eighth in 10 outings, Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet lamented the crew’s slide is unacceptable.
Jordan Poole poured in a career-high 43 elements as a result of the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors defeated the Raptors 126-110 on Sunday at Scotiabank Enviornment.
“This generally is a horrible stretch,” VanVleet acknowledged. “You do not want this. You don’t rely on this, and you may’t accept this. It’s the place we’re. There’s quite a lot of basketball left to be carried out, and there’s a number of time to restore it.”
VanVleet pointed to closing season when the Raptors had been mired in a similar droop.
“We appeared like this for prolonged stretches closing yr as successfully,” he acknowledged. “There have been ups and downs at first of ultimate yr, appeared barely bit at events, and we obtained scorching late inside the yr.
“There’s good stretches and harmful stretches all by way of the course of the season. We’re in a nasty stretch that ought to stop immediately. And we’ll try to find strategies to do that. All it takes is one win to get the vibes once more. Dropping, it sucks. It’s exhausting to deal with when you’re anticipating to win. So we’re in it correct now.”
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The five-game slide is the Raptors’ (13-17) most prolonged dry spell since they dropped seven in a row to conclude the 2020-21 season.
Within the meantime, the defending-champion Warriors (15-16) halted a three-game dropping streak.
Poole went 14-of-23 from the sphere, along with 5 three-pointers, to prime his earlier higher of 38 elements. Golden State sharpshooter Klay Thompson chipped in for 17 elements, whereas Draymond Inexperienced and JaMychal Inexperienced had been good for 17 and 15, respectively.
“It was form of cool to get well from 40,” Poole acknowledged. “Nonetheless further importantly, it was good to get a freeway win. Everybody should step up when definitely one in every of your leaders goes down, and everybody did that tonight.”
VanVleet and head coach Nick Nurse think about the Raptors should regain their willpower on the defensive end.
“Our safety was not glorious, and they also had been getting regardless of they wanted,” VanVleet acknowledged.
“That’s the main time at residence we have come out with a type of defensive performances the place we merely couldn’t really maintain with them, or uncover them, or defend the rim, or guard,” Nurse added.
Pascal Siakam led the easiest way for the Raptors with 27 elements, whereas VanVleet accomplished with 22. VanVleet was coming off back-to-back 39-point outings.
Toronto forward Scottie Barnes added 17 elements.
Siakam opened the game with back-to-back three-pointers to current the Raptors a 6-3 lead. Nonetheless, that was the last word time the home aspect would have a lead inside the sport.
On the facility of Draymond Inexperienced’s 13 first-quarter elements, along with three consecutive three-pointers, the Warriors held a 36-26 profit after the opening physique.
No matter beginning the second with a 5-0 run, the Raptors had been behind 68-54 at halftime. Poole did the a variety of the damage with 15 elements inside the physique for a first-half full of 25.
Golden State beloved a 102-80 edge after three quarters.
Curry missed his second sport with a left shoulder ailment, and Canadian Andrew Wiggins (groin) was moreover out.
Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (quadriceps) missed his second straight outing.
ANUNOBY CLOSE
Raptors head coach Nick Nurse expects forward OG Anunoby to return to movement in the end this week. Anunoby missed his fourth straight sport on Sunday with a left hip stress and injured taking photos hand
Nurse moreover revealed Anunoby had been dealing with an unspecified illness.
“I rely on him once more this week, sometime,” Nurse acknowledged. “What (the medical staff) acknowledged, is he’s once more and through his sickness, and every his hand and his hip are enhancing.”
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The Raptors hit the freeway for 3 video video games, beginning on Monday in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers, adopted by the New York Knicks on Wednesday and Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Dec. 18, 2022.
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