 | Dallas | 115 | Final Box Score | 122 | Toronto |  |
 B | S. Ibaka35 MIN, 12 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 5-10 FG, 2-5 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 7 +/- My notes on Serge from tonight are less than kind before the fourth quarter, when Casey went to the Serge at center lineup, something I’m not a huge fan of, but it worked tonight in the fourth, to force overtime, and also to get the win. | |
 B | O. Anunoby19 MIN, 4 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 2-3 FG, 0-1 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 2 TO, 1 +/- Great to see him back, and he was involved early in the offense, cutting to the bucket and showing the poise we’ve come to expect. Tough night defensively, as Dallas hit a lot of well-defended shots, but he looked to be back in form, which is great to see. | |
 A+ | J. Valanciunas23 MIN, 21 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 7-9 FG, 0-0 3FG, 7-8 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 5 +/- Jonas was the best Raptor tonight. The Mavericks simply had no answer for him inside, and he took advantage of the mismatches and his ability to beat them on the offensive boards. Didn’t play in the fourth or overtime aside from a few possessions where he was in shooting free throws, but not because he wasn’t good enough to be out there. | |
 A | D. Wright39 MIN, 15 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 6-15 FG, 3-7 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 13 +/- Delon isn’t Kyle, and it’s not really fair to ask him to replace that production. At the same time, he was mostly good tonight offensively, showing confidence in his three-point shot and helping give some space to an offense missing their best shooter. | |
 B+ | D. DeRozan41 MIN, 29 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL, 8-23 FG, 1-3 3FG, 12-14 FT, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 19 +/- DeMar’s first quarter was great, he hit some big shots at the end of the game to keep the Raptors in it and seal it in overtime, and in between there was a lot of stuff that wasn’t great. At the end of the day though, he did enough to get the win, which is what the team needed. Has to bring his fourth quarter defensive intensity to the first three quarters though. | |
 B | F. VanVleet30 MIN, 14 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 0 STL, 5-12 FG, 3-8 3FG, 1-2 FT, 1 BLK, 0 TO, 7 +/- Good game from Fred offensively, who distributed well and hit some big shots. Didn’t have that same defensive impact fans have become accustomed to though, and JJ Barea got the better of him often. | |
 A | P. Siakam29 MIN, 12 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 5-6 FG, 0-0 3FG, 2-3 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 8 +/- Siakam didn’t fill the stat sheet like he can, but he gets the A tonight because of his fourth quarter defense, which was one of the biggest reasons the Raptors came away with the win. He was awesome late, creating turnovers and forcing shots as the Raptors clawed back. | |
 C+ | C. Miles22 MIN, 10 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 3-9 FG, 0-3 3FG, 4-4 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, -7 +/- Tough night for CJ, who didn’t hit a three, and they needed that with Kyle out. Did make an impact on the boards and still managed 10 points, but if he had been able to hit some threes that would’ve been helpful. | |
 C | J. Poeltl18 MIN, 2 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 1-1 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 2 BLK, 1 TO, -9 +/- Aside from a pair of impressive blocks on the Mavericks point guards when they thought they had a mismatch against him, Jak just wasn’t impactful tonight. Got called for a brutal illegal screen in the fourth on a makeup call that absolutely was not a foul, too. Has had a few rough games in a row now, and will have to find his form again in the last month of the season. | |
 B | M. Miller7 MIN, 3 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 1-3 FG, 1-3 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, -9 +/- The toughest role on the Raptors right now is being the odd guy out on the wings, and only getting spot minutes to spare the other guys. That was Miller tonight, who was still solid, but the stats line isn’t kind. | |
 B- | Dwane Casey At some point, the Raptors have to bring more intensity in the first halves of games, and it just hasn’t been there the last week or so. Still, hard to argue with the results and Casey made the right calls to get the win again tonight. | |
Things We Saw
- Dallas hit a lot of tough shots. The Raptors defense wasn’t as bad as the numbers appear for most of the night, but they did have some stretches that were lacking. JJ Barea, Dirk Nowitzki, and Harrison Barnes hit shots all night where the defense was there, though.
- Eleven in a row now, and 2-0 to start this stretch of 5 in 7 nights. A lot of minutes for DeMar and Delon tonight though, and it’ll be interesting to see who Casey decides to rest the rest of the way.
- This was a weird one late. A lot of discombobulated possessions and strange turnovers both ways.
- The Raptors clutch numbers will continue to improve with this win, and they’ve been showing over and over again lately that they can get it done late.
