Jan 23, 2022 - Portland Trail Blazers 114 at Toronto Raptors 105

The Warriors' Dynastic Ethos Is Back In Place

The reason the Warriors collect into a boulder capable of knocking all else over is because they have what other teams do not, to house all these wonders: a concept. An idea, a philosophy, an ethos.

What Chris Paul Can't Do

by John Wilmes

Whether you're one of Chris Paul's eager critics, or someone with enough of a tolerance for sorrow to keep riding the roller coaster with him more hopefully, there's no questioning that, even if this sadly mythical loss isn't a proper send-off, it could act as a fitting, sourly poetic bookend to his career.

Luka Doncic And His Indistinct Supporting Cast

by Micah Wimmer

Watching the Mavericks, everything seems to come down to one question: Will their role players make enough 3's to make up for the fact that they are a top heavy team lacking in stylistic diversity or flexibility?

James Harden Can No Longer Build His Own World

by Micah Wimmer

James Harden has long been the cosmos itself; what will it look like for him to be just another individual residing in a world he cannot fully shape?

	1	2	3	4	Final
POR (20-26)	33	31	22	28	114
TOR (22-22)	15	19	33	38	105

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
POR	101	113.2	104.3
TOR	101	104.3	113.2

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
POR	.635	0.219	0.213	0.071
TOR	.490	0.149	0.349	0.092

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
33	Robert Covington	Starter	PF	30:54	3-10	2-6	1-2	11.0	2	3	5	5	2	2	2	2	9
3	C.J. McCollum	Starter	SG	37:31	8-12	3-5	0-0	19.8	1	9	10	6	2	2	0	5	19
27	Jusuf Nurkic	Starter	C	31:27	5-9	0-1	1-5	10.6	4	7	11	2	4	1	2	4	11
9	Nassir Little	Starter	SF	38:34	8-11	2-3	1-2	16.2	0	7	7	3	0	1	1	4	19
1	Anfernee Simons	Starter	PG	37:06	6-18	5-9	2-2	6.0	0	3	3	5	2	1	0	6	19
23	Ben McLemore	Bench	SG	18:03	6-9	5-7	0-0	10.5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	17
10	Dennis Smith	Bench	PG	13:45	2-3	0-0	1-2	6.2	0	1	1	6	3	0	0	1	5
2	Trendon Watford	Bench	C	15:21	3-6	0-0	0-0	10.2	3	3	6	3	1	0	1	0	6
16	C.J. Elleby	Bench	SF	17:19	4-7	1-1	0-0	8.0	0	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	9
	Team										9
				240	45-85	18-32	6-13	128.6	10	37	56	31	17	8	7	22	114
					52.9%	56.3%	46.2%

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
23	Fred VanVleet	Starter	PG	41:38	6-19	4-15	3-3	17.4	2	3	5	8	5	5	1	2	19
43	Pascal Siakam	Starter	C	34:03	13-20	0-1	2-4	20.0	2	6	8	5	4	1	1	3	28
3	Ogugua Anunoby	Starter	PF	41:34	4-15	1-7	2-3	11.4	3	5	8	5	6	3	2	1	11
33	Gary Trent, Jr.	Starter	SG	28:23	4-15	4-11	1-2	-0.5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	13
4	Scottie Barnes	Starter	SF	33:48	3-14	3-11	0-0	10.0	2	4	6	6	1	1	2	2	9
18	Yuta Watanabe	Bench	SF	01:49	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Chris Boucher	Bench	C	24:05	4-7	3-5	0-0	16.5	4	5	9	0	0	0	3	0	11
5	Precious Achiuwa	Bench	PF	14:49	1-2	0-0	1-2	2.5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
11	Justin Champagnie	Bench	SG	08:19	2-2	2-2	0-0	7.2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	6
45	Dalano Banton	Bench	PG	11:32	2-4	1-2	0-0	5.8	1	3	4	2	1	2	0	3	5
	Team										12					1
				240	39-98	18-54	9-14	102.2	15	28	55	28	18	15	9	16	105
					39.8%	33.3%	64.3%

Portland 114, Toronto 105

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Today's Games

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Anfernee Simons 15.2p, 2.6r, 3.4a	C.J. McCollum 20.6p, 4.2r, 4.4a	Nassir Little 9.5p, 5.6r, 1.3a	Robert Covington 7.7p, 5.6r, 1.2a	Jusuf Nurkic 14.3p, 10.8r, 2.7a
Rotation	Dennis Smith 5.9p, 2.2r, 3.4a	Ben McLemore 9.1p, 1.3r, 0.8a	C.J. Elleby 3.8p, 2r, 0.7a		Trendon Watford 3.4p, 2.5r, 0.8a

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Fred VanVleet 21.7p, 4.7r, 7a	Gary Trent, Jr. 16.2p, 2.7r, 2a	Scottie Barnes 14.6p, 7.8r, 3.4a	Ogugua Anunoby 18.6p, 5.3r, 2.4a	Pascal Siakam 21.2p, 8.3r, 4.9a
Rotation	Dalano Banton 3.7p, 2.1r, 1.7a			Precious Achiuwa 7.8p, 7.5r, 1.2a	Chris Boucher 9.3p, 6r, 0.3a
Lim PT		Justin Champagnie 2.7p, 2.3r, 0.3a	Yuta Watanabe 5.7p, 3.4r, 0.8a

MPG	Damian Lillard	36.4
FG%	Brandon Williams	.667
3P%	Reggie Perry	.500
FT%	Tony Snell	1.000
ORPG	Jusuf Nurkic	2.7
DRPG	Jusuf Nurkic	8.1
RPG	Jusuf Nurkic	10.8
SPG	Robert Covington	1.4
APG	Damian Lillard	7.3
BPG	Robert Covington	1.3
PPG	Damian Lillard	24.0

MPG	Fred VanVleet	38.2
FG%	D.J. Wilson	.727
3P%	Juwan Morgan	.500
FT%	Justin Champagnie	1.000
ORPG	Scottie Barnes	2.8
DRPG	Pascal Siakam	6.3
RPG	Pascal Siakam	8.3
SPG	Tremont Waters	2.0
APG	Fred VanVleet	7.0
BPG	Chris Boucher	1.0
PPG	Fred VanVleet	21.7

Charlotte Hornets	91
Atlanta Hawks	113
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Dallas Mavericks	104
Memphis Grizzlies	91
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Denver Nuggets	117
Detroit Pistons	111
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Golden State Warriors	94
Utah Jazz	92
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