![]() ![]() If he can find that rhythm even a little bit he could find himself in a more regular part of the rotation. We figure it’s really hard in any high-level game to play with any total non-offensive player in this league. We’re doing a lot of things to get him involved. We’ve tweaked a little bit of his technique and tried to speed him up a little, and have guys flying at him. We put him on almost a summertime program two weeks ago with his corner threes especially. “ I’ll tell you what we have been doing : We’ve been working extra hard with him. “The shooting Gods were with us today,” said Nurse. Louis native, three triples and four shots overall is a waterfall for one of the least willing shooters on the roster – his usage rate of 10.7 per cent is lowest on the team by a wide margin. McCaw hit a pair of threes in the final minute before the half – part of the flurry of four by the Raptors in the final two minutes of a pivotal second quarter.įor the St. The 23-year-old’s best moments came during a 17-0 run near the end of the second quarter that split the game open and allowed the Raptors to take a 68-54 lead into the half. And he shot the ball on top of that, which is an extra bonus.” They like to have run the point, and we thought Patrick’s speed, we’d stick him in there and try to disrupt that from the start and that would give us an overall jolt, maybe slow them down a little and get us going. “They play with tremendous energy in general, and down here especially. “The biggest thing that I always get concerned of, especially down here, is the energy to start the game,” said Nurse. By the time he sat down after his first nine minutes stint – and having taken only one shot, a lay-up that he missed – the Raptors were leading 27-10. McCaw used his season-high in minutes to chip-in a season-high three triples on three attempts and finished the game with 10 points, three rebounds and two assists.īut less quantifiable was the ‘pop’ that the lithe 6-foot-7 wing played with from the outset.
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