Fred VanVleet was going through the laundry list of things that OG Anunoby brings to the Raptors: the shooting, the floor spacing, the defensive abilities, the experience.
And then he kind of paused for half a beat.
“He’s also a really good NBA player,” VanVleet said.
That’s the truth of it, as a weird Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena proved.
In a game delayed for about 70 minutes because of an electrical fire that forced the evacuation of about 20,000 fans from Scotiabank Arena — then completed with the stands empty — Anunoby had 11 points in the first nine minutes as the Raptors throttled the Indiana Pacers 131-91 on one of the strangest nights imaginable.