Nothin’ However Positives – Raptors vs. Pistons – November thirteenth

We have already got your pre-game, your post-game, and your fast reactions for each recreation, however by standard demand (just a few individuals on Twitter) I’m bringing my quarterly positives proper right here in long-form. Fairly than attempt to sum them up in 240 characters or much less, I can now develop on what I favored every quarter of the sport. In case you’re acquainted with this format, you’ll know what to anticipate. In case you aren’t, simply know that if there’s a child sporting noise-canceling headphones, it counts as a optimistic and it’s happening the listing.

First Quarter Positives:

Dalano Banton is consuming a banana within the tunnel proper earlier than tip off. I as soon as noticed Chad Posthumus eat a banana mid-game in his debut for the Ottawa Blackjacks and drop 23 factors and 20 rebounds in an elimination recreation. If the science is appropriate, Dalano will do the identical.
Win tip! Scottie on the 5? Let’s get bizarre!
OG for 3 from Gary Trent Jr. The Raptors had been scoreless up till this level, so Gary giving up the open look to swing it to OG is one other enchancment in his playmaking.
Pascal steals the lengthy go and sends it far forward to OG for the Raptors second basket.
Pascal exploding proper to the rack previous Saddiq Bey. I feel the shoulder is healed.
Scottie on his personal underneath the basket with the swooping hook.
Gary Trent Jr. catch and shoot 3 off of the inbound. Pascal curled to distract the defenders, leaving Gary practically extensive open.
Scottie passing via the double group to Pascal, who feeds it to the reducing Dragic for the make and the one level lead.
OG with the three instantly after the day trip. It’s a 17-5 run for Toronto.
Defensive presence equalling turnovers! A private favorite!
Gary Trent Jumper. Each he and OG are capturing 100% from the sector 8 minutes into the quarter.
A late whistle was referred to as, however Dalano has been sneakily good at boxing out. The lengthy rebound would have gone instantly into the fingers of Toronto as a result of he gave the Pistons no room to get out to seize it.
Gary hits one other 3. He’s 3 for 3 from 3, however as quickly as I point out this he’ll most likely miss one. That’s what occurred with OG and I blame myself.
Dalano’s courtroom imaginative and prescient to search out Boucher underneath the basket in site visitors for the slam when he very effectively might have pushed to the basket himself.
And on the very subsequent possession he slams it in himself. This child is nuts.

Second Quarter:

Svi with the jumper! My apologies to him for not recognizing him sitting courtside with the 905.
Banton with the three! And Pascal will get his fourth help of the night time! Crew basketball!
Scottie with the fast rebound and go to Siakam, who pushes it forward to Svi for the layup.
Pascal step-back within the excessive put up for the make. He had his fifth help on the Svi basket.
Svi-bound! He fingers it to Malachi who misses the three however Pascal grabs the rebound and offers it proper again to Malachi, who makes it on the second try. It’s encouraging to see somebody of Pascal’s stature surrender his personal shot to maintain his teammate’s confidence up.
Scottie leaping via the double group within the paint for the make. He’s like a really aggressive ballerina.
Khem Birch’ court-vision. He noticed Gary Trent Jr. on the quick break in transition, and knew the place he could be capturing from, the place it might find yourself if he missed, and he planted himself there, and was fouled on the second likelihood try.
Pascal getting a technical foul for speaking to the refs when Scottie was fouled a number of instances on the shot. A technical isn’t an excellent factor, however the management that goes together with it actually is.
Gary Trent Jr. with a steal. In different information, water is moist.
Facet-step Gary to present the lead again to the Raptors, with Goran Dragic on the help.

Third Quarter:

Scottie begins the second half guarding Cade, and blocks his first shot try. When associates turn out to be enemies.
Siakam is getting everyone concerned tonight. He swings it to Dragic who sinks the three.
Siakam drills the step-back over Isaiah Stewart to tie the sport at 71.
Dragic poking the ball out of the grasp of Killian Hayes and sending it forward to OG Anunoby for the lead, forcing Detroit to name a time-out.
Shot clock violation! Defensive presence creating turnovers!
Ball motion! Dragic swings it to Scottie who ship it inside to Gary Trent Jr., who kicks it out to Siakam for 3.
One other Dragic steal! This one comes on the possession after he hit his personal 3.
Gary grabbing the lengthy rebound and taking it to the opposite finish, making the jumper in transition and bringing the Raptors result in 9.
OG jumper instantly after a technical foul was referred to as on Scottie. By no means getting in their very own heads is a brand new enterprise in Raptordom.
Gary Trent Jr. to Khem Birch for the alley-oop/
And a steal by Banton for a slam on the different finish!

Fourth Quarter:

Dragic grabbing the a lot wanted rebound and kicking it to the skin OG who sends it inside to Pascal, drawing the foul.
A Goran bucket to get Toronto again within the recreation.
Pascal 3 off of the hand off from Dragic who initially grabbed the defensive rebound. He’s making an attempt his finest and holding his composure for somebody who was banished to the bench since October.
Dragic drive! Fourth quarter Dragic? Stranger issues have occurred.
Fred standing at half-court in the course of the ref/coach kerfuffle and clapping of their faces when the decision was modified to Raptors ball.
PASCAL SIAKAM CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL.
OG fouled on the steal! Is it a comeback?
Pascal grabbing his eleventh rebound on the Jerami Grant miss.
Coast to coast Scottie! It’s a (a lot wanted) 7-0 run!
Make {that a} 10-0 run after Pascal dominates his means into the paint, attracts the foul, and makes the free throw.
Svi from 3!