Blake Griffin knocks down shot clock with dunk

Kyle Lowry slashed through defenders easily, moving with a fluidity earned over a summer of hard work. “I don’t know why”. Shooting guard DeMar DeRozan added 11 points and six boards and center Jonas Valanciunas chipped in 10 points and a team high 12 rebounds to help lead the way. “Offensively we were a little stagnant”.

“We were helping one another”.

Clippers swingman Lance Stephenson’s early struggles continued as he went scoreless, missing all four shots.

Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin, left, shoots over Toronto Raptors’ Patrick Patterson during the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game, Sunday, October 4, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Toronto took a 40-34 lead into halftime, and had assembled a 77-62 advantage by the end of the third quarter.

The last time we saw our beloved Raptors, they were getting boom kicked off the court in Washington as part of a 4-game sweep in the first round of the playoffs.

VANCOUVER-They ran repeated plays to get him post-up opportunities or 10-foot baseline jumpers and the defensive philosophy has been tweaked to try and limit his liabilities and allow him to play more.

“It’s an fantastic city”. It’s preseason, so don’t read too much into these lackluster lines from superstars who are seeing their minutes in the 20s. It’s just a great city, it really is. “Deserves a team, along with Seattle”.

Andrew Wiggins and the Minnesota Timberwolves will play the Chicago Bulls in Winnipeg next Saturday.

They were without Anthony Bennett, however, as he sat out with a shoulder injury picked up during training camp.