Amidst the discussion of high minutes, the next most discussed topic comes in the form of the Toronto Raptors close losses — three of their last four have come by a combined 13 points, against three of the league’s title contenders to boot. There’s a silver lining somewhere in the minutes discussion, and poor road trip record: it involves a rotation that’s suffering from injuries and benefitting from supreme play from its stars.
Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby and Fred VanV...All-Star have been logging unusually high minutes, as you may have read in every Raptors publication, newspaper column and fan blog since the beginning of the road trip.