Jazz 126 FinalBox Score 119 Raptors
A S. Barnes38 MIN, 32 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST, 0 STL, 12-23 FG, 4-8 3FG, 4-4 FT, 1 BLK, 4 TO, -6 +/-Scottie Barnes did most of his damage in the first half with 24 points and he did it by lighting Utah up from outside and just being very aggressive driving the ball and lingering around the rim, in the second half he took his foot off the gas and couldn’t find the bottom of the net as much and he really had trouble staying with Lauri in the off ball actions. 
B P. Siakam36 MIN, 19 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL, 7-20 FG, 0-2 3FG, 5-6 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 0 +/-Pascal left so many points on the rim tonight, whether it was too soft or too hard he missed a lot of easy looks and Toronto really needed those points, the process was there, he just couldn’t finish. 
C+ J. Poeltl21 MIN, 2 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 0 STL, 1-4 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 2 BLK, 0 TO, 3 +/-Jakob had some nice passes being the trigger man and finding cutters, but other than that he was a bit of a non factor tonight. 
A- O. Anunoby36 MIN, 19 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 8-13 FG, 2-3 3FG, 1-1 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -4 +/-Anunoby had a bounce back game tonight, he was a lot more engaged on defense than he’s been lately, he was driving the ball with a lot of purpose, and he was knocking down the outside shot like he usually does. 
C+ D. Schroder33 MIN, 11 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL, 4-9 FG, 1-3 3FG, 2-3 FT, 0 BLK, 4 TO, -1 +/-Dennis was a little sloppy tonight and his assists really came in the first half, in the second half he was not really doing much offensively, and defensively he wasn’t adding much either. 
A G. Trent Jr.28 MIN, 16 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 6-12 FG, 4-9 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, -10 +/-Another strong shooting game from Trent and he did a great job shooting the three and just being in the right spot for the others to find him. 
B P. Achiuwa21 MIN, 8 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 3-7 FG, 0-3 3FG, 2-2 FT, 2 BLK, 0 TO, -3 +/-Looked more under control today when it came to finishing, his defense was also good as well, the jumper was not good but his offensive process looked good. 
B M. Flynn14 MIN, 3 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 0 STL, 1-3 FG, 1-3 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -3 +/-Thought he played good defense during his minutes, showed a lot of effort on that end, he also did a great job keeping the ball moving and finding guys. 
A C. Boucher13 MIN, 9 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 3-3 FG, 1-1 3FG, 2-3 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -11 +/-Great spark off the bench tonight, his impact was felt almost immediately after he entered the game, was aggressive in transition as well. 
B Darko RajakovicDarko should have probably taken Scottie off of Lauri at some point, he did well to really make the offense work around Pascal and Scottie. Things We Saw - Toronto allowed a massive run in the 4th quarter from Utah and continued a troubling trend of bad defense.
- This was a game with a lot of positives in it, OG bounced back, Scottie still looks like a star, plenty of bench help.
Source: https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2023/12 ... ptors-119/