Locked On Raptors

The Toronto Raptors split a home-and-home against the Miami Heat on Friday and Sunday, with RJ Barrett scoring with his familiar ruthless efficiency, Scottie Barnes pulling the strings on both ends, and Ja'Kobe Walter showing flashes in his first steady run of minutes as a rookie. In Episode 1760, Sean Woodley goes solo to break down the Raptors' split with the Heat, why this team is proving to be too good to tank, and why their current level of play should yield a far better record in the second quarter of the season than their 6-15 record through Q1. Toronto's trending up while a lot of teams around them are very much not. Next, Sean details how the issues that hurt Toronto most over the weekend -- sloppy bench minutes and rough crunch time offense -- should be helped significantly by the returns of Gradey Dick and Immanuel Quickley, whenever that may come. Lastly, Sean runs through The Good (Ja'Kobe Walter), The Bad (another dud of an NBA Cup showing) and The Hmmm (the encouraging numbers behind the Raptor