It was crazy. 12:09 am ET, at Nos partenaires et nous-mêmes stockerons et/ou utiliserons des informations concernant votre appareil, par l’intermédiaire de cookies et de technologies similaires, afin d’afficher des annonces et des contenus personnalisés, de mesurer les audiences et les contenus, d’obtenir des informations sur les audiences et à des fins de développement de produit. In the closing minutes of Game 2, Toronto went to a defense you usually see in grade school ... and it worked! The Raptors used a middle school defense to (briefly) stop the Warriors. Jayson Tatum scored 29 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, and Kemba Walker had 21, including five in the fourth. Current and former players took to social media to react to the NBA Finals matchup after Miami's Game 6 win. The game plan from Boston coach Brad Stevens was simple: Start things off with an increased effort on defense to set an immediate tone.
Data Provided By This was an easy play for Leonard. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. They spent $5 million on Enes "can't play" Kanter this offseason, but as his nickname suggests, he struggles to stay on the floor in a postseason setting because of his struggles with perimeter defense.
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This wasn’t a bad look for Golden State, but it wasn’t the optimal one either.
Combined, they scored only four fewer fourth-quarter points than the entire Raptors team. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. NBA news and links delivered to your inbox each weekday, so you never miss out. On the above possession, a lineup of Shaun Livingston, Quinn Cook, Green, and Andrew Bogut didn’t provide much of a shooting threat and panicked. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Do you have a blog? The Lakers won the fewest games in the NBA in the previous five seasons before they signed LeBron James. "I know Grant’s going to be prepared," Stevens just said of Williams. That’s how little Toronto thought of a depleted Golden State roster outside of Stephen Curry. The objective of this box-and-one was to force any Warrior not named Curry to make a play, and it worked. 11:46 pm ET, at
The Raptors would prefer a Boogie drive to a Curry one any day. Box Score - Boston Celtics (112) vs. Toronto Raptors (94) - August 30, 2020 Our most popular premium seating option. The Celtics had that kind of guy. 12:54 am ET, at “It was crazy. Join our linker program. Now he's headed to the line. He showed it tonight. 12:03 am ET, at
Down nine points with just under five minutes remaining in the final quarter, Raptors head coach Nick Nurse deployed a box-and-one zone that you probably last used in middle school. 11:56 pm ET, at Still, that game didn’t carry nearly the weight of this one. ", Jaylen Brown says of his teammates, "It's inspiring just to be in the locker room with these guys.
The Raptors didn't. Boston outscored Toronto by seven points in his time on the court. Given that the NBA is filled with the best-of-the-best talents, this defense isn’t typically viable.