{"id":15022,"date":"2025-02-04T05:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T05:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/toronto-raptors-defence-gets-tough-in-hot-span\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T05:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T05:35:45","slug":"toronto-raptors-defence-gets-tough-in-hot-span","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/toronto-raptors-defence-gets-tough-in-hot-span\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors\u2019 defence gets tough in hot span"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>TORONTO \u2013 James Harden and Kawhi Leonard are two of the most prolific scorers in the NBA, but against the suddenly hot Toronto Raptors they looked average.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Rookie Ja\u2019Kobe Walter said that Toronto\u2019s success against Harden and Leonard in a 115-108 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers was proof that the Raptors are gaining confidence on defence. The victory was Toronto\u2019s eighth in its last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows what (Harden and Leonard) are capable of doing,\u201d said Walter, who had 10 points, four rebounds, and a steal in 21 minutes off the bench. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to key in on those guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve watched a lot of film, we know their tendencies, we just tried to do what we could to the best of our abilities, taking away what they like to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harden led Los Angeles with 25 points in the loss, adding seven assists and five rebounds. 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Harden was limited to 35 per cent shooting from field-goal range and Leonard shot 33 per cent, both well below their career averages of 44 and 49.8 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey did a great job tonight playing defence and they protected their home floor,\u201d said Leonard, who was instrumental in the Raptors\u2019 2019 NBA championship. \u201cThat\u2019s how they got the win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s defence has helped it become one of the hottest teams in the NBA with the league\u2019s trade deadline looming on Thursday afternoon. It\u2019s not clear yet if the rebuilding Raptors will be buyers, sellers, or stand pat at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents have been limited to fewer than 100 points four times in Toronto\u2019s past 10 games, helping the Raptors win eight of those matchups. Walter said that this stretch has been confidence building.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou can really tell on the court, we\u2019re really starting to help each other defensively,\u201d said the 20-year-old Walter. \u201cWe\u2019re talking and the more that we lock up, the more confidence we get throughout the game.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10995552\/tariffs-trudeau-trump-call-canada-us\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trudeau-trump-tariffs-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Trudeau and Trump set to talk amid Canada-U.S. trade war\" data-title=\"\">Trudeau and Trump set to talk amid Canada-U.S. trade war<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10995690\/should-canada-ban-x-and-tesla-why-calls-are-growing\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2185933741.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Should Canada ban X and Tesla? 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We just need to go out there and play hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quickley is still on a minutes restriction and had 11 points and six assists in 17 minutes of play time on Sunday. 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