Locked On Raptors

The Toronto Raptors fell 102-100 to the Detroit Pistons on Monday night, with Jaden Ivey hitting a buzzer-beating game-winner to undo a great performance by Scottie Barnes and the Raptors' second unit. In Episode 1756, Sean Woodley goes solo to recap the loss to the Pistons, discuss why offensive rebounds were not enough to save the Raptors' offense on a night where the absence of Gradey Dick was really felt, how Barnes fared in a 31-14-7 effort, porous transition defense and more. Off the top, Sean dives into how the Raptors' failed to make it work on offense without Dick, the bench's offensive rebounding party and how the late-game offense dried up as the o-boards dwindled. Next, Sean gets into Scottie Barnes looking like the player we all want him to be, giving the Raptors' all he had on the offensive end considering the difficult spacing context he was operating within. Lastly, Sean runs through The Good (Jamison Battle, not just a shooter!!), The Bad (crunch time transition defense) and The Hmmm (Darko R