The Toronto Raptors summer league squad played their fifth game on Saturday night, a back-and-forth affair with the Charlotte Hornets that saw 11 ties and 12 lead changes. The Raptors prevailed 87-84 in overtime thanks in large part to undrafted rookie free agent pick-up Rawle Alkins, who poured in 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
OG Anunoby sat this one out, and I’m not going to lie, that initially sucked a lot of the interest out of the game for me (and probably for a lot of Raptors fans as well). But it actually turned out to be a good thing, as it gave me chance to look more closely at other players, instead of just focusing on “so how’s OG look?