Mobley's Cavaliers are dominating and Barnes' Raptors are languishing, but both still offer reasons to dream of more.
Darko Rajakovic has high hopes for Scottie Barnes. The Raptors head coach has not lacked confidence in his young 23-year-old star. Just last year he called Barnes the “face of the league.”
For Cleveland, it was death by a thousand cuts. The Thunder topped that 30-2 run with back-to-back pick-six turnovers — with the demoralized Cavs barely bothering to jog back on the second one — shortly after a technical foul on Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson for intercepting a ref on the sideline and screaming “Call the f—ing foul!”
Ochai Agbaji scored the go-ahead basket with 1:33 left in the fourth quarter and the Toronto Raptors rallied to beat the Golden State Warriors 104-101
OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored ... Jakob Poeltl scored 25 points for the Raptors. Scottie Barnes added 20, and Immanuel Quickley had 11 points and 11 assists.
January 9 - Jarrett Allen collected 25 points and 11 rebounds to lift the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 129-122 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder ... points while Scottie Barnes had 18 ...