Category: NBA

GAME #59 – TORONTO RAPTORS (32-26) at ATLANTA HAWKS (28-31)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022 – 7:30 P.M. (ET) – STATE FARM ARENA
TV: TSN – RADIO: TSN 1050 TORONTO

INJURY REPORT AT 5:30 P.M.

07:30 (ET) TOR@ATL

Atlanta Hawks Collins, John Out Injury/Illness – Right Foot; Strain
Cooper, Sharife Out G League – Two-Way
Hunter, De’Andre Probable Injury/Illness – Illness; Illness
Knox II, Kevin Questionable Injury/Illness – Non-covid; Illness
Williams, Lou Out Injury/Illness – Left Hip; Discomfort

Toronto Raptors Anunoby, OG Out Injury/Illness – Right Hand; Ring Finger – Fracture
Bonga, Isaac Out G League – On Assignment
Johnson, David Out G League – Two-Way
Siakam, Pascal Questionable Injury/Illness – Illness; Non-COVID
VanVleet, Fred Questionable Injury/Illness – Right Knee; Soreness

• The Toronto Raptors (32-26) continue a three-game road trip Saturday night against the Atlanta Hawks (28-31) at State Farm Arena. Tonight marks the third of four meetings between the two teams this season, with Toronto winning the first two. The Raptors are shooting .556 (35-63) from beyond the arc, while holding the Hawks to .344 (21-61) shooting, in the first two games. Pascal Siakam is averaging a team-high 29.0 points, while Gary Trent Jr. is averaging 25.0 points against Atlanta this season. The Raptors have
won seven of their last eight games in Atlanta, dating back to the 2017-2018 season.
• Toronto dropped a 125-93 decision to the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. The Raptors have lost three of the last four games (Feb. 12-25), after a season-long eight game winning streak (Jan. 29 – Feb. 10). Toronto is 8-3 (.727) on the second night of a back-to-back this season, after going 3-13 last year. The
Raptors are currently in the middle of a schedule that will see the team play six games in eight days (Feb. 25 – Mar. 4), for the first time since March 10-17, 2012.
• Scottie Barnes scored a career-high 28 points (13-18 FG, 2-2 FT) and added five rebounds and two steals in 32 minutes Friday night in Charlotte. Barnes became just the fourth rookie in franchise history to
record 25+ points and shoot 70 percent or better from the field, joining Vince Carter, Terence Davis and Charlie Villanueva. Barnes, along with Damon Stoudamire, are the only two rookies in franchise history to
record 700+ points and 150+ assists through their first 50 games played. Barnes currently leads all rookies in minutes (35.4), ranks third in rebounds (7.4) and fifth in both points (14.7) and assists (3.3).
• Fred VanVleet has scored 20+ points in seven of eight games played during the month of February, averaging 20.3 points and shooting .442 (34-77) from three-point range during this span. He sat out Feb. 10 at Houston with left groin soreness and Feb. 16 at Minnesota with a right knee contusion. VanVleet has made 203 threes this season – third most in a season in Raptors history; behind only Kyle Lowry (238 in 2017-18 & 212 in 2015-16). VanVleet has connected on 5+ threes in a franchise record 18 games this season.
• Pascal Siakam is currently averaging 21.6 points, and career highs of 8.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists, in 45 games this season. He is one of just seven players in the NBA averaging 20.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists, along with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, James Harden, LeBron James, Nikola Jokic and Dejounte Murray. No Raptor has averaged 20-8-5 for an entire season.
SECOND GAME OF A BACK-TO-BACK SET (8-3)
FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL BLK TO PTS
RAPTORS .468 .396 .738 44.6 23.0 8.3 5.4 14.3 113.0
OPPONENT .453 .328 .772 43.5 24.7 7.5 5.4 15.2 107.6

PROBABLE STARTERS
F – SCOTTIE BARNES #4

MIN: 35.4 REB: 7.4 AST: 3.3 STL: 1.0 TO: 1.9 BLK: 0.8 PTS: 14.7
• Scored a career-high 28 points (13-18 FG, 2-2 FT) Feb. 25 at Charlotte; added five rebounds in 32 minutes.
• Leads all rookies in minutes (35.4), ranks third in rebounds (7.4), and fifth in both points (14.7) and assists (3.3).
• Has scored 20+ points 11 times – the most by a Raptors rookie since Charlie Villanueva (12) in 2005-06.
F – PASCAL SIAKAM #43

MIN: 37.6 REB: 8.5 AST: 5.1 STL: 1.3 TO: 2.7 BLK: 0.7 PTS: 21.6
• Tallied eight points, three rebounds, two assists and one steal in 27 minutes Feb. 25 at Charlotte.
• Averaging 23.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and shooting .537 (94-175) from the field through 10 games in February.
• Leads the Raptors with 18 double-doubles – has matched his single-season career-high set in 2018-19.
C – KHEM BIRCH #24

MIN: 18.7 REB: 4.5 AST: 1.2 STL: 0.8 TO: 0.6 BLK: 0.5 PTS: 4.9
• Contributed one point, four rebounds, and two assists in 18 minutes Feb. 25 at Charlotte.
• Averaging 6.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 19.7 minutes in nine starts this season.
• Has scored in double figures three times (Last: 10 – Nov. 19 at Sacramento).
G – GARY TRENT JR. #33

MIN: 34.8 REB: 2.7 AST: 1.9 STL: 1.9 TO: 1.0 BLK: 0.3 PTS: 18.4
• Recorded 12 points, four rebounds, one assist and one steal in 29 minutes Feb. 25 at Charlotte.
• Tied for second in the NBA in steals per game (1.86) and ranks fifth in total deflections (168).
• Averaging 20.9 points and shooting .430 (34-79) from three-point range through 10 games in February.
G – FRED VANVLEET #23

MIN: 38.2 REB: 4.5 AST: 6.9 STL: 1.6 TO: 2.7 BLK: 0.5 PTS: 21.3
• Recorded eight points, four assists and a season high-tying two blocks in 29 minutes Feb. 25 at Charlotte.
• Ranks second in the NBA in total deflections (196) and three-pointers made (203), and 10th in steals (82).
• Leads the NBA in minutes per game (38.2) – has logged 40+ minutes in 17 games this season.

INJURY REPORT
OG Anunoby (Right Hand; Ring Finger – Fracture) – Out
Isaac Bonga (G League – On Assignment) – Out
David Johnson (G League – Two-Way) – Out

GAME DETAILS
Opponent: Atlanta Hawks
Date: Saturday, February 26
Tip-Off: 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Venue: State Farm Arena
Television: TSN
Radio: TSN 1050 Toronto
SERIES RECAP VS. ATLANTA
OVERALL HOME ROAD
2021-22 2-0 1-0 1-0
ALL-TIME 49-48 25-23 24-25
STREAKS Won 2 Won 1 Won 1
LAST WIN: Feb. 4, 2022 (125-114)
LAST ROAD WIN: Jan. 31, 2022 (106-100)
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY: +44 (Dec. 3, 2016)
LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT: -31 (Dec. 2, 2009)
LAST TIME VS. ATLANTA
GAME 51 – FEBRUARY 4, 2022
TORONTO 125, ATLANTA 114
TORONTO — Pascal Siakam matched his season high with 33 points,
Fred VanVleet had 26 points and 11 assists and the Toronto Raptors beat
the Atlanta Hawks 125-114 for their fifth straight victory … The Raptors
also beat the Hawks 106-100 in Atlanta on Monday night, with the Hawks’
only two losses in the last 10 games coming against Toronto … Siakam
scored 21 points in the first quarter … Gary Trent Jr. scored 19 points,
Scottie Barnies had 16, Chris Boucher 11 and Precious Achiuwa 10 …
De’Andre Hunter and John Collins each scored 23 points for Atlanta, Trae
Young had 22 points and 13 assists, and Bogdan Bogdanovic had 18
points … Both teams were playing the second night of a back-to-back …
Toronto played its fifth game in seven days … Young shot 9 for 20 against
Toronto and went 0 for 4 from 3-point range … Atlanta missed 19 of its
first 24 attempts before four straight 3-pointers in the final quarter helped
close the gap to five points, 115-110, with 4:11 remaining … Young’s jump
shot with 3:26 left cut the gap to three, but Barnes scored a layup and
Trent hit a corner 3 to put Toronto up by eight, 120-112, with 1:56 left.
1 2 3 4 TOT
ATLANTA 28 31 27 28 114
TORONTO 39 21 36 29 12

NEXT GAME DETAILS
Opponent: Brooklyn Nets
Date: Monday, February 28
Tip-Off: 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Venue: Barclays Center
Television: TSN
Radio: TSN 1050 Toronto
SERIES RECAP VS. BROOKLYN
OVERALL HOME ROAD
2021-22 0-2 0-1 0-1
ALL-TIME 58-44 34-17 24-27
STREAKS Lost 3 Lost 2 Lost 1
LAST WIN: Apr. 21, 2021 (114-103)
LAST ROAD WIN: Feb. 5, 2021 (123-117)
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY: +37 (Nov 2, 2007)
LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT: -25 (Jan. 15, 1996)
LAST TIME VS. BROOKLYN
GAME 28 – DECEMBER 14, 2021
BROOKLYN 131, TORONTO 129 (OT)
NEW YORK — Patty Mills made a 3 to force overtime, Kevin Durant had
34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the
Toronto Raptors 131-129 … Durant was upgraded from questionable just
before the game because Brooklyn has seven players in the NBA’s health
and safety protocol … He responded with his 14th triple-double of his
career … Brooklyn won its third straight, with Mills adding 30 points … The
Nets also got 17 from Kessler Edwards, 16 from Nic Claxton and 13 from
Blake Griffin … The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for Toronto
(13-15) … Fred VanVleet led the Raptors with 31 … Gary Trent Jr. and
Pascal Siakam each finished with 25 … Scottie Barnes had 23, but missed
what would have been a game-winning, buzzer-beating 3 in overtime …
Trailing by 10 entering the third quarter, Toronto outscored Brooklyn 44-
25 to take a 100-91 advantage going into the fourth … But Brooklyn outscored Toronto 26-11 over the first 7:18 of the fourth quarter, regaining
the lead … It didn’t last. Barnes knocked down two 3s to tie the game, and
Trent made a 3 with 1:21 left to give the Raptors a 120-117 lead … That
held until Mills’ 3 with 13 seconds left forced overtime.
1 2 3 4 OT TOT
TORONTO 32 24 44 20 9 129
BROOKLYN 33 33 25 29 11 131

ATLANTA HAWKS PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS
POS # PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG FG% 3FG% FT%
F 12 DE’ANDRE
HUNTER
6-7 225 31 30 12.7 3.3 1.2 0.6 0.4 28.6 .442 .375 .726
F 8 DANILO
GALLINARI
6-10 233 48 5 10.9 4.5 1.3 0.5 0.2 23.7 .425 .397 .905
C 15 CLINT
CAPELA
6-10 240 51 50 10.8 12.2 1.4 0.7 1.4 28.1 .587 – .467
G 3 KEVIN
HUERTER
6-7 190 52 38 11.6 3.2 2.8 0.6 0.4 29.1 .460 .374 .811
G 11 TRAE
YOUNG
6-1 180 54 54 27.6 3.9 9.3 1.0 0.1 34.5 .452 .379 .893

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• The Hawks will face off against the Toronto Raptors for the third time this season on Saturday, 2/26, at State Farm Arena. In the team’s most
recent outing against the Raptors on 2/4, Atlanta swiped a season-high tying 12 steals. Delon Wright and Bogdan Bogdanovic each recorded four
steals as reserves, a season-high tying mark for Wright and a career-high tying mark for Bogdanovic. Wright and Bogdanovic became only the
fifth Hawks duo since steals became an official stat (1973-74) to have 4+ steals in the same game coming off the bench, per Elias Sports.
• Atlanta enters Saturday’s game having won nine of its last 11 games played at State Farm Arena. Over those 11 outings, the Hawks are averaging
120.5 PPG and 27.8 APG (.512 FG%, .402 3FG%, .811 FT%). At home this season, Atlanta’s shooting .481% from the field, third-best in the
NBA and second-best in the Eastern Conference, while scoring 114.6 PPG, the third-most in the NBA and second-most in the East.
• The Hawks have connected on 10-or-more three-pointers in 15 consecutive home games (since 12/22/21 vs. Orlando), tying the longest such
streak in franchise history and marking the second-longest active such streak in the NBA. Atlanta has knocked down 15+ three-pointers six times
during that span, averaging 14.1 3FGM in those 15 games.
• In the month of February, Bogdan Bogdanovic is averaging 17.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 3.8 APG and 1.8 SPG in 30.1 MPG as a reserve (.479 FG%,
.448 3FG%, .769 FT%). He’s scored 20-or-more points in four of his last five games, which includes a season-high 27 points on 2/24 at Chicago,
and has seven games of three-or-more three-pointers in February – the most by any bench player this month. Bogdanovic ranks second amongst
all bench players in the month of February in total steals (16), total points (156) and total made three-point field goals (30), while ranking tied
third in total assists (34).
• Against the Chicago Bulls on 2/24, Danilo Gallinari netted 26 points (10-18 FG, 2-4 3FG, 4-6 FT), in addition to nine rebounds in 35 minutes. It
was only the ninth time in his career Gallinari’s notched at least 26 points and nine rebounds and the first time doing so since 3/31/19 against
Memphis. Gallinari has scored 25-or-more points in two of his last three games, averaging 20.7 PPG and 5.3 RPG over that time (.500 FG%,
.467 3FG%, .813 FT%).
• Trae Young registered his 29th points/assist double-double of the season against the Bulls on 2/24, finishing with 14 points, a game-high 10
assists and three rebounds in 37 minutes. Young’s 29 points/assist double-doubles are tied for the most such double-doubles in a single season in
his career (29, 2018-19 season). It’s also tied for the fourth-most points/assist double-doubles by any Hawk in a single season in franchise
history.
• Clint Capela notched his 13th game of the season grabbing 15+ rebounds on 2/24 against Chicago, tallying 17 rebounds, in addition to 14 points.
His 13 games of 15-or-more rebounds this season are the fourth-most in the NBA. Since the 2014-15 season, Capela has 92 games of 15+
rebounds, the fifth-most such games in the last seven season. Capela currently ranks third in the NBA in RPG, averaging 12.2 RPG per game