System and personnel: the Raptors’ defensive woes
Raptors are struggling to execute Dwane Casey’s hyperactive defensive schemes.
Defense
Breaking It Down: Three Raptors Defensive Sequences
Breaking down the not-so-sexy side of the game: defense. We analyze three plays from the Toronto Raptors vs Phoenix Suns game.
The defensive stopper is overrated
Injecting one good-to-great defensive player as a remedy for a poor defensive unit sounds like a bad strategy, and one the Raptors have been guilty of too often.
Clippers preview + What Raptor draws the most charges?
The starting lineup changes have had one effect which I think is very important: it has reduced the pace of the game, i.e: the number of possessions played. The combination of having better defensive players on the floor longer and having to guard less has helped us become a better defensive unit.