Impressive Toronto Raptors effort vs, Lakers undercut by tilted whistle, Darko goes off & life without Jakob Poeltl

In Episode 1552, Sean Woodley goes solo to rant and rave following the Toronto Raptors' 132-131 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night in a game that saw an inspiring effort by Scottie Barnes, Pascal Siakam, RJ Barrett and the rest of the squad undercut by a strongly tilted whistle in the fourth quarter, to the tune of a 23-2 free-throw disparity. Off the top, Sean digs into some of the baffling calls and non-calls down the stretch, any single one of which would have probably given the Raptors' a win if the outcome was flipped, on account of how incredible the Raptors played down the stretch, specifically on the offensive end. Darko Rajakovic is in for a huge fine after his incredible post-game rant, but it sure seems like it was worth it. Meanwhile, despite the loss, the Raptors might have themselves a real squad. Next, Sean digs into the absence of Jakob Poeltl, how the Raptors navigated the Anthony Davis without their starting center with some throwback Thad Young magic and Scottie Barnes at the five down the stretch, and how the Raptors can make do without Poeltl in the coming weeks. Lastly, Sean runs through The Good (the calming presence of RJ Barrett), The Bad (Ben Taylor, duh) and The Hmmmm (just how many games will the front office need to see to decide this group is worthy keeping in tact?) to round out the show.

Join us over on the Locked On Raptors Discord server, unless you're Ben Taylor. You're not allowed: https://discord.gg/QGZ5x6yF

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