Toronto Raptors have good standing in the process of preseason basketball matches. First, they won against Portland Trail Blazers where their center Valanciunas, put up a 50 percent shooting percentage in the field goal area. And aside from that he really put a perfect foul throw attempt while putting some good work on rebounds and several steals. His contribution to their game against Portland really paved the way for their win. Aside from Valanciunas effort in the hoop area, Kyle Lowry and Kawhi Leonard put some help too. Even if Leonard did some several missed shots in field goal and zero percentage on his three-point shooting, but still he manages to achieved 12 total points.
Next, to that they face with Utah Jazz where they lost the game with a 15 points gap. Toronto who stay in the track on the first two quarters but seems they slowed down on the final quarter that resulted to their loss. Even so, Kawhi Leonard really done a comeback after acquiring a very low performance on his first game. And aside from that, the coaching staff decided to put Valanciunas as one of the starting five to check if he can still do his thing on early quarters. Toronto Raptors was not disappointed with the effort that Valanciunas has shown since he manages to be Raptor's top scorer of the game. Even if Toronto Raptors lost, they still achieved on testing on their core players and a couple of their bench players.
Toronto also tested their capacity against Melbourne United without Kawhi Leonard and still, they won the game with a very huge score gap. Powell and Siakam do most of the works for Toronto and that they have achieved the best performance. Toronto who always on control of the game from the start of the quarter until the final quarter.
Next, to that, they won against Nets. Kawhi Leonard who has several missed field goal and three-point shots were being observed throughout the game and thankfully Danny Green saved the day for Raptors where he excellently put up a good performance for the team.
On their recent game, they won against New Orleans Pelicans even though there are many superstars who didn't play the game. It only shows that their bench players are on condition and ready for the opening of the regular season. For Pelicans, Anthony Davis has strongly led his team and played for around 31 minutes. Pelicans still need some improvements on their players aside from its core rosters so they could utilize them whenever they needed them.