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Toronto Raptors: Need for shooting moves from Stable to Critical list

The Toronto Raptors are licking their wounds after the season’s worst defeat, an ignominious 116-87 shellacking by the Orlando Magic. I’m not talking merely about the 29-point margin (though I could – the Raptors lost quarters 2 & 3 by 33 points), but the nature of the loss.

Toronto’s top 3-point shooter was Chris Boucher, who was 3 for 3. In one game, he made more long balls than he had in his NBA career. As the mind boggles, consider: in this game our 3-point percentage was higher than our all-in number (35.