Scottie Barnes takes over, Raptors play like a team & move back to .500 with 106-92 win over Miami

In Episode 1370, Sean Woodley goes solo to break down the Toronto Raptors' comfortable 106-92 win over Kyle Lowry and the Miami Heat in a game that offered a glimpse at what the Raptors can look like if and when Scottie Barnes ascends to nightly The Dude status. Off the top, Sean chats about Barnes' imrpessive 22-7-12 effort that saw him make good things happen just about any time he touched the ball. There's been a lot of tension over the team hierarchy this season. When Barnes plays like that, the pecking order of the future comes in the focus, and it's pretty damn exciting. Fred VanVleet and Pascal Siakam are too accomplished and too good to simply hand the keys to the offense over the Scottie. But if he forces their hand? Surely they'll buy in. Next, Sean takes a look at the way Siakam, VanVleet and O.G. Anunoby complemented Barnes' game wonderfully, showing off the type of ready made supporting cast Barnes can have around him as he ascends if the Raptors keep the core together through the summer. Lastly, Sean runs through the Good (Jakob Poeltl doing the dirty work), the Bad (the fact that the play-in didn't exist before a couple years ago) and the Hmmm (Precious Achiuwa being back, hopefully not for one night only) to round out the show. The Raptors are .500 for the first time since December 9th! Holy hell!

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