"Centre Jakob Poeltl has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the New York Knicks due to lower-back injury management, the team announced. The Austrian big man has missed five appearances this season due to a lingering back issue, and since returning from an early three-game absence in late October, he has yet to play in both games of a back-to-back."
"Poeltl won't be the only missing starter on Sunday, as RJ Barrett (right-knee sprain) remains out as the Raptors take on his former squad. Toronto's offence has looked far more one-note without the Canadian guard's ability to punctuate advantages created around him - the Raptors' offensive rating is last in the league in three straight games without Barrett - and the burden of that absence was noticed in abundance down the stretch against the Hornets."
Centre Jakob Poeltl has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the New York Knicks for lower-back injury management. He has missed five games this season and has not played both games of a back-to-back since returning in late October. Poeltl averages 10.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting a career-best 72.8 percent through 15 games, albeit on his lowest field-goal attempts per game since 2020-21. RJ Barrett remains out with a right-knee sprain, leaving Toronto's offence more one-note without his ability to punctuate advantages, and Jonathan Mogbo was recalled from assignment.
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