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Toronto Raptors: Norman Powell’s Top 5 moments as a Raptor

By Avishai Sol

PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 11: Norman Powell #24 of the Toronto Raptors dunks the ball in the second quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 11, 2015 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 11: Norman Powell #24 of the Toronto Raptors dunks the ball in the second quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 11, 2015 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – MARCH 17: Norman Powell #24 of the Toronto Raptors (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) /

Norman Powell memory No. 3: 43 points

It seems like the NBA community didn’t really care when Norm dropped 43 points.  It felt like just yesterday, didn’t it?  It almost was.  Let’s just quickly rehash why this scoring benchmark is important.

In Raptors history, there have only been 51 games in which an individual player has scored 40 or more points. Of those 51, Vince Carter, Chris Bosh, and DeMar DeRozan own 36.

So of the 15 non-Vince/Bosh/DeRozan 40-point games, Powell joins only nine other Raptors.  In all 2163 Raptors games, Powell joins a list of 13 special players to score 40+.

This doesn’t happen very often is my point.

Norman Powell lit it up against the Pistons

Norm scored 43 points in a loss to the lowly Pistons, but it’s the way he did it that made him so valuable to the trade market.

It was a ‘Klay Thompson-esque’ 40 point game. All off cuts, catch and shoots, single second possessions. If you have a guy who can drop 40+ on a low usage rate and a 100% effective field goal percentage, that’s not something you can just find anywhere.

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