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INTRO 

@ Nets 106-105 OT L, v Bucks 104-99 L, @ Clips 123-99 W

The 5th anniversary of the Gay trade

@ Warriors, @ Blazers, @ Nuggets, vs Pacers

Automation inspired by Automated NBA schedule

Kyle Lowry

Gay Trade 5th anniversary stories

Run Dat Back: 

L @ Nets 106-105 OT

Kawhi 32p/4a/4s/3r, 10/21 fg, 5/6 3pt; JV 24p/8r; Siakam 16p/6r; 

KLow 3p/11a/3r/5to, 1/7 3pt, 5 fouls 

Poor start, tied by halftime, early 3rd quarter lead, back and forth 2nd half 

Siakam tied it at 98 with just over 1 minute left in regulation 

Kawhi missed jumper in lane under 10s left, contested Nets final regulation shot 

Kawhi delivered nasty dunk on Jarrett Allen in OT 

D’Angelo Russell came up big down stretch, 29p/5r/5a 

Lowry didn’t look like he belonged on court in OT

L vs Bucks 104-99

Bucks up 2-0 in season series

Ibaka 22p/6r/4a; Kawhi 20p/8r/4a; Siakam 17p/7r/3b/2a, VanVleet 19p, 5/7 3pt

Lowry 0p/7a/5r

More on Lowry’s struggles in Raptor Rant

Brogdon late 3s cost Mikey a category in fantasy

Anunoby’s struggles lost behind Lowry’s

Since Nov 25 (8g) 4.5ppg, 5/25 3pt (.200), 15/42 fg (.357) 

W vs Clippers 123-99

Kawhi out with bruised hip

Ibaka 25p/9r/3b; KLow 21p,7a,5r; JV 16p, 5r; Siakam 13p,5a,3r; OG 12p

FVV career high 14a with 5p,6r

4th q garbage time, rest for back-to-back

Bermuda Triangle analysis

Fg 50/96 52.1% (base 2nd 49.2%) 

3pt 14/29 48.3% (base 18th 34.6%) 2fg 36/67 53.7% 

3s: 28% of makes, 32.6% of misses 

Gay Trade: 5th Anniversary

December 8, 2013: Raptors trade Rudy Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy to the Sacramento Kings for Chuck Hayes, Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons and Patrick Patterson 

More on Gay trade in Raptors Tales

The Jump: 

Currently playing toughest part of schedule

@ Warriors (19-9, 2nd in West by pct, .5 games ahead of OKC, 7-3, W4)

Back end of B2B 

131-128 OT W less than two weeks ago 

Curry and Green healthy 

Kawhi v Durant, Lowry v Curry, Siakam v Green, Ibaka offsets Thompson 

Raptors morphing into a cross between Spurs and Warriors

@ Blazers (15-12, 8th in West, 3.5 behind GS, 3-7, L1)

Led by Lillard (27.5 ppg, 6.2 apg) and Nurkic (10.6 rpg) alongside CJ McCollum 

@ Nuggets (18-9, 3rd in West, .5 behind GS, 8-2, W1)

106-103 L at home on controversial call last week 

Jokic has been ramping up impact

@ Pacers (17-10, 4th in East, 4 behind Raps, 6-4, W4)

Oladipo leads in ppg (21.7) but has been out since exiting Nov 17th

Returned to lineup tonight

Sabonis (9.6 rpg) and Collison (5.6 apg) along with Myles Turner have held fort

Collison trade rumours (or CoJo) to give time for rookie Aaron Holiday

NBA & Nike released new “Earned” jerseys for 16 playoff teams from last season

Raptors “Earned” jerseys are city design with a Red & White colour scheme 

TCAO looking for contributors

Avid statistics person interested in Raptors and advanced stats 

Enthusiastic female voice for segments 

Reach us via email: [email protected] or on social @trapd95

For The Culture: 

Automated NBA schedule anomalies

Warriors, Nuggets games so close in proximity 

Recurrence of playing same team exactly 13 days apart 

Lakers v Spurs 4-game season series already completed

Increases chance injured marquee players miss facing teams 

Raptor Rant: 

Kyle Lowry

Hasn’t topped 7pts in Dec. (4g), shooting 14.3% fg (Prior to Clips game) 

Doesn’t HAVE to be 2nd scorer but MUST be much better than this

Suggests Ujiri is his boss but not a friend

Great comeback game last night

looking for his own shots, getting closer to basket

Raptors Tales: 

The Trade: 5th anniversary

On January 30, 2013, Raptors gave up Calderon and Ed Davis and a 2nd round pick (Jamal Franklin) for Rudy Gay, Hamed Haddadi (who turned into Sebastian Telfair) in 3-team deal with Memphis & Detroit

Casey’s Raptors were 16-29, finished 34-48 (18-19 after trade)

Sunday, December 8th, 2013 the Gay to Kings trade went down

Raps were 6-12 before trade, finished 48-34 

Made playoffs for first time since 2008

EXTRO

Intro

Toronto 21-5, 1st in NBA, 1-game winning streak, 3-1 record this week

Predictions: Illicit 4-0, Mikey 3-1

Beat GS 131-128 in OT, beat Cavs 106-95, lost to Denver 106-103, beat Philly 113-102

Face Nets, Bucks, Clippers, Warriors this week

Treacherous road stretch ahead

Segment synopses - C’Mon Man: Raptors’ weaknesses

TRAP’D Ground: X-Factor - Green vs Siakam

Run Dat Back:

W vs Warriors 131-128 OT, 

6 Raptors in double-digit scoring

Kawhi 37p/8r, Lowry 10p/12a/8r, Siakam 26p, 8/10 fg, 3/4 3pt, 7/8 ft

Game on TNT, US national broadcast

No Curry

Sizeable lead evaporated

Lowry and Kawhi passing up shots late in regulation

Durant unbelievable

Siakam comes through clutch

W vs Cavs 106-95

5 Raps in double-digit scoring

Kawhi 34p/9r/2b, Siakam 15p/5r/5a, Green 15p/7r, VanVleet 15p/4a/3r

Cavs threatened late as another big lead vanishes

L vs Nuggets 106-103

Leonard 27p/8r, Siakam 14p/7a/6r, Ibaka 15p/5r, Lowry 5p/11a, 1/6 3pt

Jokic 23p/15a/11r, Murray 21p/8a/7r

Denver led through most of game

Raptors kept it close enough, made 4th quarter run

Leonard tied it at 103 with fading baseline jumper…. then….

Controversial defensive dead-ball foul call on Ibaka with 7 seconds left

Kawhi named Eastern Conference Player Of The Week

averaged 29.3 points, 9.0 rebounds during three wins

shot .536 (30/56) from the field, .368 (7/19) 3pt, .875 (21/24) ft

Nick Nurse named Eastern Conference Coach Of The Month (Oct-Nov)

joins Dwane Casey, Sam Mitchell, Lenny Wilkens 

NBA-best 19-4, franchise-record six straight victories to start the season

3rd in scoring (117.6), 1st in fg% (.494)

9th in opponent scoring (109.9)

ESPN all-day feature on the Raptors unprecedented

Toronto All-Access coverage on Dec. 5 (today) 

ESPN Radio’s Golic & Wingo in the 6 a.m. hour and continuing through ESPN’s late-night SportsCenter shows. 

Other contributing platforms include The Jump, NBA Countdown, Get Up!, First Take, all editions of SportsCenter, and more.

Rachel Nichols interviews Masai and Kawhi on ESPN platforms;

Doris Burke’s sit-down interview with Nurse on SportsCenter

ESPN NBA reporters Adrian Wojnarowski, Zach Lowe and Tim Bontemps on-site

The Jump:

Starting Friday, 4 games in 6 nights, entering toughest part of schedule

vs Philly (17-8)

8th in ppg (114.1), T-4th in rpg (48)

Embiid 27ppg, 13rpg 

Jimmy Butler has been clutch

@ Nets (8-17)

Good start to season

Caris LeVert injury seems to have impacted trend downward

D’Angelo Russell has been leading with 18p/6a

vs Bucks (15-7)

1st in points and rebounds (121.4/50.5), 2nd in assists (27.4)

Giannis 28p/13r/6a

Have taken losses to Suns, Hornets and Knicks in last 5

@ Clippers (16-7)

Start of a tough 4-game road trip also playing GS, Blazers, Nuggets

T-1st in Western Conference (Nuggets)

3rd in scoring (117.7) directly ahead of Raptors

Tobias Harris 22p/8r

@ Golden State (16-9)

late wednesday game will be discussed next week

Back end of b2b

TCAO looking for contributors

Avid statistics person interested in Raptors and advanced stats

Enthusiastic female voice for segments

Reach us via email: [email protected] or on social @trapd95

C’Mon Man:

Raptors weaknesses hidden by wins

Turnovers

T-23rd(GS) 378 total, 15.1 tpg

Spurs 12.5 tpg

TOV% 14.8 (T-19th) - estimated turnovers per 100 plays

1 turnover every 6.8 possessions

Rebounding

Raptors are a misleading 13th in Rebounds (45.7)

26th in Opponents Offensive Rebounding (29.6%)

Give up 13.8 second chance ppg (18th)

13th in Offensive rebounding percentage (28.1)

15th in total rebounding percentage (50.5)

Shot selection

3rd in 3s made (292/843), 18th in % (34.6)

Sac 1st in % (38.8)2nd FG% (49.2)

Siakam (63.6%/5th)

Highest volume of 3’s in Top 5 (15/45, .333)

Sabonis 4th in FG%, 5/6 3s

Kawhi (48.7%/45th)

29 of 172 makes are from 3 (~17%)33% 3fg

Lowry

123/276 fg (.446, 84th)

54/154 3fg (.351)

69/122 2fg (.565)

TRAP’D Ground

Bigger X-Factor Impact: Danny Green (Illicit) vs. Pascal Siakam (Mikey)

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