With just a quarter of the regular season left, the Toronto Raptors are finally starting to turn weaknesses into strengths. With a bit of injury luck the rest of the way, they may very well find themselves in the play in tournament (whether that’s the result you’re looking for or not).
Thanks to the additions of Khem Birch and Freddie Gillespie, Nick Nurse finally has some energetic rebounders he can put out there at the five to do some dirty work. In Toronto’s most recent win over the Spurs, the two combined for 15 boards and ably battled Jakob Poeltl and Devin Eubanks throughout the game.