In a night filled with struggles, the Toronto Raptors faced a tough loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder, with the lead growing to as much as 30 points. Key players Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett showed some fight but couldn't turn the tide.
Thursday wasn’t pretty. Oklahoma City jumped on Toronto, taking a 13-3 lead by the first timeout, and never looked back. That lead ballooned to 20 in the second quarter and 30 in the third quarter. It happens, especially for young teams, and especially against teams as locked in as the Thunder have been these seasons.
Toronto showed some fight in the fourth quarter, as Barnes and Barrett began to make some headway but it was far too little too late. Barnes checked out with 12 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists in 31 minutes while Barrett led the Raptors with 17 points.Jakob Poeltl may not be Toronto’s best player, but it’s hard to watch the Raptors play without him — as they did Thursday — and not think he’s the organization’s most irreplicable player.
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