DeMar DeRozan’s third-quarter burst and Jonas Valanciunas’ double-double while guarding Dirk Nowitzki spark Raptors win at ACC after back-to-back road setbacks.
Basketball is so much easier when the occasional long-range shot goes in, when the ball moves and magically finds open shooters, when the defence stiffens and transition opportunities present themselves.
And as they search for some kind of identity to get them through a difficult portion of the season, the Toronto Raptors managed to parlay all those simplifying factors into a slump-busting win Monday night.