By dominating the turnover and offensive rebounding battles, the Raptors blitzed the Bulls in the front end of a back-to-back.
In the first half, that strategy translated to nine Bulls turnovers and nine Toronto points off of them. In the second quarter, specifically, the hosts scored eight points off of six Bulls turnovers en route to outscoring them 34-19 and carrying a 55-49 lead into the halftime locker room, which marked a 17-point swing from the Bulls' 11-point lead three minutes into the second.Toronto pulled ahead by as many as 10 points in the third quarter.
Zoomed out to the game, at large, those numbers were even more dizzying. The Raptors scored 17 points off of 23 Bulls turnovers and 27 second chance points off 23 offensive rebounds for the contest. That led to them dominating the possession battle and taking 15 more field goal attempts than the Bulls , which helped compensate for trailing the Bulls in both field goal and 3-point percentage.We mentioned the Raptors sent multiple bodies at DeRozan at every opportunity.
And as the turnover total suggests, the Bulls were simply not consistent enough making quick passing reads out of DeRozan double-teams.Following an unceremonious stint with the Raptors after being included in last summer's Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade with the Heat, Goran Dragić is not a beloved figure in Toronto.
However, Dragić soon settled in and silenced the crowd on a few occasions while racking up 16 points in 21 minutes off the bench. Another productive outing as the Bulls won the bench points battle 34-19.Patrick Williams continues to play aggressively, even if his 13 points in this one came on 5-for-16 shooting.
With Zach LaVine and Coby White out, Dalen Terry receives a first quarter rotation turn. His first three possessions:* Cut for layup on back-end of DeRozan double-teamLater in the first, he pushed the ball up court and hockey-assisted a Javonte Green 3-pointer after stone-walling Barnes on a drive.
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