Takeaways from Toronto Raptors devastating loss to San Antonio Spurs
Raptors fall to fourth-quarter onslaught
A 17-0 run by the San Antonio Spurs in the fourth quarter, that’s what killed the Toronto Raptors in this game — regardless of whether or not they blew it in the clutch, which they did. Again, that’s beside the point, because giving up that sort of run, that late in the game, is bound to set you back a bit.
For just under five minutes in the fourth quarter, four minutes and fifty-eight seconds to be exact, the Toronto Raptors failed to score. Gregg Popovich’s Spurs team threw up a lot of zone defense looks which the Raptors found hard to break down, and on the other end of the court, DeMar DeRozan was allowed to run riot.
It’s been something that the Raptors have been culpable of doing this season, sometimes they just go into a funk on offense. Whether it’s just a case of missing open shots or a lack of creativity or playmakers and shooting, the Raptors aren’t strangers to dull moments.
Even once they pulled their way out of a hole late in the game, Pascal Siakam missed the decisive — and wide-open — layup that would almost certainly have given the Toronto Raptors victory. Either way, it shouldn’t have come down to that.
Plain and simple, the Toronto Raptors blew this game.
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