Kirk Goldsberry

Uh, but yeah, I think

Cleveland is turning it over at one of the highest rates in these playoffs.

Cleveland is not getting rebounds, even when they have Mobley and Jared Allen out there at the rate they would expect.

We can put this all on Cleveland, but to your earlier point, let's not forget the Raptors are the ones out there playing with force, playing this kind of defense, getting those loose balls, getting those rebounds.

So I think the future is bright in Toronto, whether they get out of the series or not.

I think they're going to be one of the teams that we look at next year is like, oh, this is a really good core they have.

They play hard.

They play great defense.

But some of these markers we're seeing for Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, and the two big lineup for Cleveland, give some credit to the Raptors for playing this well, especially on defense, Zach.

Yeah, I have it on my board right over here on the professor's whiteboard is where the hell is Jalen Duren?

That is, for me, the first, second, and third biggest question going into Game 6.

I have just some stunning stats about where Duren is relative to what we expected in the playoffs.

He's just not shooting well.

All year long, he was only behind Giannis and Zion in layups and dunks per game.

He almost got 10 attempts per game at the rim.

But yeah, so Wendell Carter, like we just gave credit to the Raptors.

Wendell Carter is playing sort of the less than celebrated version of basketball as the defensive side of the court.

And he's done very well shutting down Jalen Durant.

And now he's getting five layups or 5.6 per game.

His usage has plummeted significantly.