After acing the test of surviving a brief injury to Fred VanVleet, the Toronto Raptors were met with a new, even more difficult challenge: playing without Pascal Siakam for at least two weeks.
The Raptors have played two games without the All-NBA forward since his groin injury: a home-and-home on back-to-back nights against the Chicago Bulls. Each team won their respective home game, with the Raptors notably looking gassed during the second leg in Chicago. Without their primary offensive engine who also provides important defensive support, it’s on the rest of the team to pick up the slack and keep the Raptors on a winning pace.