Toronto has hit simply 33% of its three-point makes an attempt thus far, twenty first within the league.
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A spooky stats bundle for this Halloween version of the Raptors weblog. Watch out, as a result of the offensive numbers the workforce has put collectively 4 video games in are actually frightful.
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Toronto has hit simply 33% of its three-point makes an attempt thus far, twenty first within the league.
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When you take away Dennis Schroder’s 50% three-point capturing, a serious shock that gained’t proceed primarily based on his profession .338 price, and his backup Malachi Flynn’s 3-6 work, the Raptors sit at 28.8%.
The variance has additionally been astounding, with the Raptors having among the finest capturing performances by a Raptors workforce in years towards Philadelphia (17-32 for 53%, together with nailing the primary seven threes of the sport) solely to shoot 4-29 (13.8%, the workforce’s worst capturing outing in a number of seasons) in Monday’s disappointing loss towards Portland.
Toronto has additionally hit simply 69% of its free throw makes an attempt, rating twenty sixth. Since ending third, sixth and fourth in free throw proportion from 2018-2021, Toronto has been twenty third and seventeenth the earlier two seasons.
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In all, Toronto has averaged 100.8 factors per 100 possessions, which is final. The worst mark in 2022-23 was 108.4 factors per 100 possessions. You’d have to return to 2015-16 to seek out an offence this ineffective.
Even the NBA’s third-best defence by 4 video games has earned them a 1-3 report due to how dangerous the offence has been. Plus, defensive stands finish with a rebound and regardless of the robust defence, the Raptors have been the third-worst defensive rebounding workforce within the NBA. And that’s regardless of being an enormous workforce with measurement in every single place.
And for those who take out the workforce’s excellent work in transition (solely two groups have been higher on the run), you get a way of how completely putrid the offence has been.
They’ve been horrendous on drives (capturing 30% on drives and are scoring simply 18 factors off drives which is, you guessed it, final).
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Are they passing an excessive amount of? Toronto ranked first in passes per recreation, however simply fifteenth in assists (the workforce is sixth in potential assists although, which means the dangerous capturing is hurting them).
There’s just one option to go because the Raptors enter the primary full month of the season and that’s up.
AROUND THE RIM
-The Scottie Barnes triple-double towards Chicago was his second in simply 154 video games as a Raptor. Solely three Raptors have had extra. Damon Stoudamire had three in 200 video games, Pascal Siakam has 5 thus far in 474 video games and Kyle Lowry had 16 in 601 video games. Marcus Camby had two (with blocks) in solely 126 video games, but it surely took Fred VanVleet 417 video games to get his two triple-doubles and Jose Calderon 525.
– Barnes has 14 shares (blocks and steals) by 4 video games. Solely Anthony Davis (17) and Chet Holmgren (15) have extra.
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– The dangerous for Barnes: 4 turnovers per recreation towards simply 5.5 assists for a poor assist-to-turnover ratio. The very best participant within the league (Nikola Jokic) has additionally averaged 4 turnovers per recreation, however he averages 8.5 assists. Solely three gamers have extra turnovers thus far.
– Extra good: Dennis Schroder has averaged 8.8 assists, fifth within the league.
– Now stocked with some draft picks through the James Harden deal, will the 76ers attempt to reunite Nick Nurse with Siakam or O.G. Anunoby? Sooner or later the Raptors have to determine if they’re including, retooling, or rebuilding.
THREE STARS:
1- DeAndre Ayton
2- Pascal Siakam
3- Malcolm Brogdon
Honourable mentions: Shaedon Sharpe, Scottie Barnes
THREE STARS VS. CHICAGO
1- Alex Caruso
2- Scottie Barnes
3- DeMar DeRozan
THREE STARS VS. PHILADELPHIA
1- Joel Embiid
2- Tyrese Maxey
3- Scottie Barnes
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