Frustrations began to boil over, as Stevens began to make adjustments on the defensive end, trying to jolt some energy back into his team, testing them out in a zone coverage similar to how he did against Oklahoma in their last game.

One — Sloppy: Maybe the novelty of scrimmaging caught up to them, but the Raptors just couldn’t focus enough on the task at hand. Skip to navigation < > Menu ESPN.

This is the Kyle you want to bottle up for the playoffs and not “waste” his performances in this setting.All that being said, real test comes on Saturday night. “So I don’t know that it’s necessarily a lack of effort, I just think we just have to make sure we do a lot better on that end of the floor. In the third quarter, the Suns led by as many as 19 points. Ending the game victorious by a scoreline of 117-103. Usually we view the pre-season as a prep for players but in this case the prep is about how to organize a basketball league in its entirely and this game saw ESPN testing out all kinds of visuals and effects that would simulate reality. Langford flashed his potential as both as spot-up scorer and slasher, while Edwards displayed ability as a facilitator, also getting on the scoreboard when driving inside. Raptors lose finale to Suns, close out scrimmages 2-1. We’ll leave it as the Raptors having another viable look to throw at people in suitable situations, not a new way of organizing ourselves. I want to be there for my teammates when we are in the playoffs. Check out this move:Oooh….this is a difficult shot Ibaka made look easy. That is deliberate and speaks to the confidence the man is playing with. With a lineup of As the quarter was drawing to an end, the Celtics began to reach deeper into their bench, with rookie To start the fourth and final quarter, the Celtics went their bench unit, with The rotation of bench players provided the Celtics with some good moments during the final quarter. Again.Raptors Republic is in no way affiliated with the Toronto Raptors except the fact that we love them. Re: Scrimmage 3 : Toronto Raptors @ Phoenix Suns, Tuesday 07/28/20, 12:00PM PT Post #55 » by ImNotMcDiSwear » Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:04 am I hate that I missed this game. If we play like that against Milwaukee, you know, they could set records. ... We also retrace the Suns' team-building ups and downs from 2013 until this point -- and, man, was it a wild ride. Jumping the passing lane and getting out in transition, Tatum began to look like he was finding his mid-season form. His minutes will likely be ramped up slowly as the seeding games get going on Friday, but for now Walker is fully buying into the fact that he’s going to have to exercise caution above all else ahead of the postseason.“I would love to just play and not care about no minutes restrictions or anything of that nature but obviously I can’t,” Walker said. Copyright © 2017 Boston Sports Journal, LLC. The Brooklyn Nets closed out their three-game scrimmage schedule at the NBA Campus in Orlando with a 112-107 loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday night. 13 days ago; Sports; 0:39; Phoenix defeats Toronto 117-106, Mikal Bridges game-high 26 points. As Here’s Terence Davis doing what I just mentioned OG needs to continue doing more of. I was going to start this post with a line like “The Raptors have never done well against a heat source….” but then I Googled up the temperature of asteroids and it turns out they’re around -73 degrees Celsius so it won’t work. The Nets were within a … Mikal Bridges has been sensational in the Suns' three scrimmage games and scored 26 points in a win over the Raptors on Tuesday. On Sunday, Ayton and the Suns squared up against a talented Boston Celtics squad. Over the last two games we’re seeing him be responsibly aggressive and that needs to be a theme for him. For most of the game nobody was quite sure what the exact score was as there were issues there as well. On Tuesday, during the Phoenix Suns’ “Restart” scrimmage with the Toronto Raptors, Pascal Siakam met Devin Booker at the rim. Everything you need to know from the Celtics' 117-103 win over the Suns in their second scrimmage of the Orlando restart. In his first shot of the game, he took some contact from It’s a small step in the big picture for Walker, who didn’t see the floor in the second half at all, unlike the rest of the starters. The Celtics began to show signs of life on defense, too, making life difficult for the Suns, both on the perimeter and the interior. He had 14 points on 2/3 3FG and ends the scrimmages on a high, and that’s really what this whole thing was about: get a good run in and feel good.The Raptors were down for most of this game and took the lead on Gasol’s three, but Phoenix had the higher energy throughout and won deservedly.Having watched the three games the Raptors look like a team that is itching to get started. I was excited to write this little recap but this opportunity being taken away has demotivated me to great depths.This was a game marred by technical issues as the NBA was trying to figure out how to display logos dynamically on the court which gave us scenes like this.How does a man survive getting sliced by a dinosaur claw? .As the second quarter began, Stevens started to go deeper into his rotation. They’re probably one of a handful of teams that are already quite gelled and on the same page, making these games more about fitness than finding yourself. What it can potentially affect is our transition game, both the ability to score easy ones and get back. The Bahamian had 13 points and eight rebounds in this contest. Right up there with him has been Kyle Lowry who looks healthier than ever:He’s thinking quicker than anyone he’s been up against, he’s got the hesitation dribbles down and he’s nailing his jumpers. Get in touch at The main story of this game was the 28 turnovers the Raptors committed that allowed the Suns to score 26 points off those costly errors.Credit to the Suns for coming out and playing hard they executed their offense very efficiently and capitalized on the Raptors many mistakes. For Tuesday's game against the Phoenix Suns, the Sixers were missing four out of five players in the starting lineup. Vs Utah: 8 points, (3/9 shooting, 0-5 from three) 1 rebound, 3 assists, 25 minutes. Let the games begin. There’s not much else to say here. This is far from rocket science – we gain size and give up speed, that works in some cases and not others. Box Score THE BIG STORY Kemba W. Everything you need to know from the Celtics' 117-103 win over the Suns in their second scrimmage of the Orlando restart.