 | Toronto | 94 | Final Box Score | 105 | Chicago |  |
 C+ | J. Poeltl18 MIN, 4 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 2-2 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, -3 +/- It’s not Jakob’s fault, really. He’s being asked to play out of position, and start when he’s clearly not ready, and not being involved enough to be a difference maker. | |
 C- | D. Carroll40 MIN, 4 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 3 STL, 1-4 FG, 0-3 3FG, 2-2 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -10 +/- With Ross gone, Carroll has to knock down his shots, because there aren’t a lot of guys on the roster who can space the floor anymore. He didn’t do that, and wasn’t good defensively. Rough night. | |
 A | J. Valanciunas22 MIN, 12 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 6-11 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, -16 +/- Jonas was the best Raptor on the floor tonight, by a large margin. Somehow still sat on the bench in the fourth and wasn’t really involved in the offense after the first quarter. They have to use the big man more. | |
 B- | K. Lowry38 MIN, 22 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL, 8-17 FG, 4-11 3FG, 2-2 FT, 0 BLK, 5 TO, -4 +/- Lowry tried to get the Raptors back into the game with some late heroics, but that doesn’t erase the fact that he wasn’t good for a long portion of the game and struggled defensively. | |
 F | D. DeRozan38 MIN, 18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 5-19 FG, 0-1 3FG, 8-9 FT, 0 BLK, 3 TO, -13 +/- This was probably DeMar’s worst game of the season, and he just didn’t bring anything on either end. Couldn’t hit his shots, wasn’t playing defense(aside from one nice play on Butler in the fourth), complained to the refs constantly, and got himself ejected. | |
 C | C. Joseph28 MIN, 10 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 4-8 FG, 1-1 3FG, 1-2 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, -2 +/- Cory was good offensively, and wasn’t the liability he’s been lately defensively. Still, not the player he was last year and needs to be for the team to succeed. | |
 C- | L. Nogueira25 MIN, 7 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 1 STL, 3-4 FG, 0-0 3FG, 1-3 FT, 0 BLK, 4 TO, 0 +/- Bebe has struggled on the boards lately, and just hasn’t been tough enough, getting bullied by smaller players frequently. Shouldn’t have even been on the floor to close the game. | |
 A | N. Powell18 MIN, 13 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 4-8 FG, 0-3 3FG, 5-6 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, -2 +/- If JV wasn’t the best Raptor tonight, Norm was. Finding guys off penetration for easy assists, creating his own shot. The only thing he didn’t do was hit his 3s, which, like Carroll, he needs to do now with Ross gone. For some reason, wasn’t on the floor to close the game. | |
 A | D. Wright10 MIN, 2 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 1-2 FG, 0-1 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 6 +/- Delon gave the Raptors some fantastic second half minutes, played strong defense and generally looked comfortable. Really needs to see more time on the floor. | |
 D | P. Siakam5 MIN, 2 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 1-2 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -11 +/- Doesn’t -11 in 5 minutes kind of say it all? Still doesn’t seem like he’s comfortable with the NBA game. | |
 D | Dwane Casey Completely inexplicable rotations tonight. Not enough JV, or Norm, or Delon late, and too much DeMar. Even with Ibaka coming, and Patterson coming back, his playcalling and rotations of late have been a huge problem and neither power forward will fix it. | |
Things We Saw
- The Raptors lost to the Bulls again, and did it in heartbreaking fashion. Of course. Bulls players who can’t shoot kept hitting 3s(Rondo went 2-2), and it just generally felt like the game was never going to be in play for the Raptors.
- 16 turnovers and 15 assists is a problem, and you can’t attribute this to the missing forwards. They have to move the basketball better, and play better in general.
- With the Raptors only hitting 5-20 from three tonight, it felt like Terrence Ross was missed, and this is something to watch going forward. Can enough guys find consistency from long range with the number of backcourt players on the roster who aren’t great from behind the line?
