The Toronto Raptors lost homecourt advantage on Monday night when they fell to the Philadelphia 76ers by a final score of 94-89. There were few bright spots for Toronto, who fell behind by a whopping 19 points to their opponent midway through the second quarter.
Toronto was let down by everyone but Kawhi Leonard, and for a brief part of the fourth quarter, Kyle Lowry. In fact, their bottom six performers on the night were wildly terrible. Here's a look at the numbers put together by Matt Zemek of ClutchPoints.
A playoff game is nearly impossible to win without some bench support, and Toronto got none of it. When the main reserves (and two starters) score only 13 points, that gives the stars a huge hole to dig themselves out of. Even players of Leonard's caliber can rarely pull off such a feat. It's a wonder that the game was even relatively close.
If the Raptors want any chance of winning this series, they will need at least one or two of their key reserves to step up and provide offense when Leonard and Lowry are on the bench. Toronto and their fans will get a chance to see if they can do just that when Game 3 takes place on Thursday, May 2, at the Wells Fargo Center.