The Toronto Raptors (6-10) will take on the Golden State Warriors (10-8) tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET inside Oracle Arena, where one of the NBA's most rabid fanbases will try to help Stephen Curry and the Warriors send Toronto to their fourth straight loss. Raptors fans can listen to the game on Sports Net 590 The Fan, while Warriors fans can turn their dials to KNBR 680. Tonight's action can be live streamed by clicking this link.
At 10-8 with a defense holding opponents under 100 points per game, Warriors head coach Mark Jackson is as thrilled with the tenacity of his sweet-shooting backcourt, as he is with the swishes.
"I have a great backcourt with two guys that can light up a scoreboard," Jackson said. "The thing that I love most about them is people fall in love with shooting, which is the obvious, but they compete. They have really developed into a good defensive tandem. I thought both guys did an outstanding job on the defensive end."
The Raptors are scoring just 96.9 points a night this season, and a three-game losing streak is getting under the skin of DeMar DeRozan. "Personally, I'm frustrated. Period. We've just got to figure it out and turn it around on the road," DeRozan said. His Raptors are 3-4 away from the Air Canada Centre.
"It's correctable but we shouldn't have to keep doing the same thing over and over before we realize that we are doing something wrong. We have to understand what we're doing out the gate."
Another issue sinking Toronto these days is poor bench play, which teams cannot have against the run and gun Warriors. "Our bench has got to give us something. Our guys (starters) can't play for 48 (minutes)," coach Dwane Casey said. "The guys coming in have got to develop a toughness, a resilience of getting stops. And, it starts on the defensive end."
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