It’s been a while since the Raptors were this maddeningly frustrating.
That scenario — missing the play-in — didn’t feel realistic 10 days ago. It does now.
We don’t believe things have sunk that low, but then 10 days ago we thought seventh was a real possibility for this team and that no longer seems likely either. When they left Toronto on March 1 the bench was believed to be trending upward in production with the addition of bucket-getter Gary Trent Jr. from the starting unit, the improving play of Precious Achiuwa and the steady energy and whatever-it-takes attitude from Chris Boucher, with the wild card being the recent addition of Will Barton.
Nurse has been very clear what he needs from Achiuwa — some defensive toughness, some rebounding and any offence on top of that being gravy. Achiuwa was defensively solid in the first half of the trip, with probably his best game in Denver, but once he hit Los Angeles his game went in the tank.
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