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Michael Grange: For just 2nd time in nearly 4 months, Raps win vs top-10 team holding tough in 4thQ for 119-108 win vs Pistons. Brandon Ingram w/ 34, RJ Barrett w/ 27, Jakob Poeltl w/ 21/18, Scottie Barnes with 14/10/8. Cunningham w/ 33. Raps improve to 37-29, Pistons 48-19. Raps alone in 6th. Five-game road swing next.
Josh Lewenberg: Rajakovic on Barnes playing through illness: “He’s going through pain. He’s going through sickness. He was giving us signs that he needed a breath of rest… But he showed up big. He gave everything he got. He completely emptied the tank.”
Josh Lewenberg: How bad is Barnes' illness? "Bad," somebody with the team told me earlier. Might also be the 3 fouls, but this is as tentative as I've seen him on D, maybe all season. Oso Ighodaro just beat him off the dribble. Feels like he's been a step slow.
Duane Rankin: UPDATED: Suns injury report at Raptors: Phoenix: OUT: Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture) and Mark Williams (left foot third metatarsal stress reaction). QUESTIONABLE: Jordan Goodwin (left calf injury management). Toronto: QUESTIONABLE: Scottie Barnes (illness). DOUBTFUL: Collin Murray-Boyles (left thumb sprain).
What made you decide to leave the city that you won a championship with? Fred VanVleet: My time was just up. There's always a carryover from a championship and we just weren't able to gel that group together like we were supposed to. That team, me, Scottie Barnes, Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, like on paper you're like ‘damn that's a good ass team’, but we never really like made it what it was supposed to be. So my time was up and Houston came calling and yeah, we got such and such. I'm like, "Huh? What you mean?" I hung up. I called. You said, "How much?" All right, cool. Yeah, I love Houston. It's my favorite city in the world, actually. You know, so that was really it. And I wrapped my mind around it, but they had young talent there.
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Michael Grange: Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic said the Scottie Barnes (thigh bruise) went through practice today but will be questionable Tuesday vs. Knicks. Collin Murray-Boyles (thumb) will be out.
Blake Murphy: Darko Rajakovic says Scottie Barnes was playing through pain throughout the game (from Tues quad contusion), and that went into rotation choices (31min), particularly the 4th stretch without Barnes and Ingram (and Quickley)
Tom Orsborn: Scottie Barnes (quad) is available, per Darko Rajakovic.
Keerthika Uthayakumar: Raptor were +18 with Scottie Barnes on the court tonight. They were outscored by 27 in 16 minutes with him on the bench. They were +16 with him on the court in the fourth, did not score a point in the 3 minutes he was on the bench in the fourth quarter.
Josh Lewenberg: The Raptors will rest Jakob Poeltl vs OKC tomorrow night, the first half of a back-to-back. Makes sense with Wemby and the Spurs coming up on Wednesday. Scottie Barnes isn’t listed on the injury report and is expected back.
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Josh Lewenberg: Jakob Poeltl is back in the starting lineup vs Milwaukee, and Ja’Kobe Walter gets the start in place of Scottie Barnes (out for personal reasons).
Michael Grange: “Good to great, it's a tough stretch. You know, average to good, it's hard too, but that next step is hard. Most people never make it, and it looks like he's on his way.” — Doc Rivers on Scottie Barnes (who is out vs. Bucks due to personal reasons).
Michael Grange: Scottie Barnes was excused from Raptors practice in Chicago today for personal reasons and is TBD for Sunday afternoon’s game @ Bucks.
