#defensive-excellence

#defensive-excellence

The first half was brilliant on offense, brilliant on defense. The second half, it's tough to play with a lead against a good-shooting team and they made some threes that were amazing. Outside of that, we played a great game.

I want to give Scottie his flowers as well. It was his team for a long time. He was willing to sacrifice for the good of BI [Brandon Ingram] coming in, being himself, and look what he's done. He's still become an All-Star.

Brenton Doyle has a sprained left wrist, reports Thomas Harding of MLB.com. The defensive stalwart has sat out the last three Spring Training contests after experiencing soreness pregame on Wednesday. He'll continue to rest for a few days before heading for follow-up examination. There's no indication at this point that Doyle's availability for Opening Day is in jeopardy.

What we did today as a rebounding team, as a defensive team, as a team that looked like we did offensively at times in the championship years. Twenty assists, four turnovers, really, because we took a we took a turnover late in the game. Out-rebounded a team that kicks ass on the glass.

The first game was a typical one we have seen from the 905 this season... dominant. A 130-102 victory over the Nets began the set, as it was centre Olivier Sarr's best game as a junior Raptor. The 26-year-old finished with 17 points, seven rebounds, a steal, a block, and a career-high seven assists in the victory. Alijah Martin and Jonathan Mogbo also put in shifts, as the former finished with a team-high 22 points, four assists, and three steals,