The Raptors' two-point guard lineups have been game changing

"Immanuel Quickley burst forward, stopped and popped a pull-up 2, atypical to his usual shot diet. He snagged a long rebound and shot ahead on the break, past a flat-footed Tyrese Procter and to the rim for an open layup. Suddenly, a second point guard, Jamal Shead, sprints up the floor in transition, spinning into the paint and making a rotating jump pass to Sandro Mamukelashvili drifting from the dunker spot for another easy bucket."

""I think it's very important," said Darko Rajaković when I asked him about the benefits of two-point guard lineups after the game. "I think both of them, they do (a) really good job also keeping us running in transition and finding those outlet passes. It gets us organized. "Obviously, both of them are really good 3-point shooters as well, so that's creating extra space for us.""

Immanuel Quickley and Jamal Shead shared the floor for the final three minutes and 23 seconds of the second quarter and immediately triggered a 13-4 run that put Toronto ahead. Quickley initiated transition with a pull-up two, grabbed a long rebound and pushed the break for an open layup, while Shead sprinted, spun into the paint and delivered a rotating jump pass to Sandro Mamukelashvili before later attacking the rim. Before the two guards checked in, Toronto’s halfcourt offense had been slow and prone to late-clock isolations. The two-guard look increased pace, created spacing with 3-point shooting and produced a +44.8 net rating during an eight-game winning streak.

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