Scottie Barnes

2023 - 3 - 11

Raptors' Scottie Barnes: Goes for career-best point total (CBSSports.com)

Barnes totaled 32 points (13-19 FG, 1-4 3Pt, 5-6 FT), nine rebounds, seven assists and one steal in 38 minutes during Friday's 122-112 loss to the Lakers.

• Barnes entered Friday on a run of inefficiency, making just 38 percent of his field-goal attempts over his previous nine games. He turned that around dramatically against Los Angeles, shooting an efficient 13-for-19 from the field en route to a career-high 32 points.

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Scottie Barnes consistently dominating Lakers will make Raptors ... (Raptors Rapture)

Toronto Raptors fans will like the fact that Scottie Barnes has consistently performed well against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Relegating him to fifth in points per game while refusing to give him the ball is a losing formula in both the short and long term. The Raptors won’t be making The Lakers have seen him do it twice in consecutive seasons with and without LeBron James. Nights like tonight should show the Raptors that they must find some way to make Barnes either a featured option or the No. While Toronto’s roster is going to look very different in the years to come, the one constant that will be there no matter what happens is Barnes. Barnes is averaging 24.3 points, 13.0 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game while making 61% of his shots against LA in his career.

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