Raptors end in one season 27-45 years old It set a record for the playoffs for the first time since 2012-13 and missed the playoffs.

On Sunday, the rarely used big man Aron Baynes contributed 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors. They used only 6 players in their 38th different starting lineup this season. Second only to Houston.

Former Raptors Canadian player Oshae Brissett scored a career-high 31 points for the Pacers (34-38), who has already won a place in the competition.

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Raptors coach Nick Nurse recently summed up the season, saying that the obstacles facing Toronto are more like “concrete walls.”

The nurse said before the game: “I’m really proud of how we navigate. I really think the team performed well.” “It’s really interesting. In some of these games, we were a million miles apart on the roster, But we still found a really fun way to play together.”

Toronto shifts focus to next season

Canada’s COVID-19 border restrictions forced them to move to Tampa, Florida, to Toronto at the last minute, the only team that must play outside of their home market.

The Raptors scrambled to find a living arrangement. Their practice field is the hotel banquet hall. The crowds in their “home” Amalie Arena often cheer for tourists.

Nonetheless, they were still in the most intense stage of the playoffs before the March COVID-19 outbreak put them at the top of the conference leaderboard. They were 1-14 years old that month, but never recovered.

Fred VanVleet, who has been blocked by a hip injury for several weeks, participated in the Raptors broadcast in the second half of Sunday and said that he has never felt completely since the COVID-19 outbreak in March. Recovery.

“I would say that we will soon be hungry and craving next season. I think the adversity we face this year may contribute a lot.”

Kyle Lowry’s future?

The Raptors’ last game at Scotiabank Arena was on February 28, 2020, and 36 “home” games were played in Amalie Arena. This is the largest number of displaced people since Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans to participate in 40 games in Oklahoma in 2005-06.

Still did not expect the Raptors will return to Toronto next season.

VanVleet said on the radio program: “We miss Canada is incredible.” “We miss our fans. We miss Scotiabank Arena. We miss life in Toronto. Hope we will be back soon, We will go back to where we left next year. It’s like we never left.”

Due to border restrictions, the Raptors managers will stay in Tampa for the entire July NBA draft.

Now, two years after their excitement about the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the Raptors have dispersed their longest off-season in years.

One of the biggest problems in the off-season is Kyle Lowry’s future. The veteran guard did not play on Sunday, so if he signs elsewhere in the offseason, his season-high record (37 points and 11 assists) against the Los Angeles Lakers on May 3 will be him as a fierce player. The last game of the Dragons.

Laurie will leave a lasting legacy in Toronto.

Chris Boucher said: “Kyle is the ultimate leader.” “He can take the dog out of anyone.”

The short-handed Raptors maintained their position in the first quarter on Sunday and entered the second quarter with a score of 31-30.

The Pacers broke the prelude to the game with a score of 16-6 at the end of the second quarter, which allowed them to rise by 16. Flynn used a three-pointer three seconds before the half-time break to narrow the difference to 68-55.

Flynn had three-pointers and three-pointers with 13 points. The Raptors trailed Indiana 94-83 by a quarter.