Both Barnes (ankle) and Young (thumb) were injured in Saturday’s match 1 131-111 against the Sixers, while Trent Jr. is suffering from a non-COVID-related illness. Raptors coach Nick Nurs said all three players are unlikely to play in Philadelphia on Monday. “Listen, it doesn’t look good on any of these guys,” the nurse told reporters Sunday. “Everyone will be listed as probably suspicious. So it does not look good on any of them. But we will evaluate it as we go forward and we hope to see where we will end up “. Barnes, the NBA rookie nominee, made an outstanding playoff debut with 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, before the Sixers’s Joel Ebid stepped on the floor and sent him off the pitch. with about nine minutes left for the game. Young left the game after hitting his thumb in the second quarter. Sick Trent Jr., who averaged 18.3 points per game in the regular season, struggled to start the playoffs, scoring just nine points in a 2 to 11 shot in 26 minutes. “Give him a lot of credit for going out there and making an effort last night, because he was having a hard time, obviously, as you could all say,” Nurse told Trent Jr. “So, I give him the credit for going there and manning a little. But we will see where we will be with him as we go here “. The team, meanwhile, was awaiting MRI scans from Barnes and Young on Sunday. All-star guard Fred VanVleet, who has lost 11 of his last 24 regular-season games with a bruised knee, said treating injuries and adversity is nothing new for the Raptors. “We played without children all year, obviously this time of year you would like to have all your best players, but we will see what the situation is, we will find out in the morning who is inside, who is out and then it will be time for “Let someone else go,” he said. VanVleet said the team has been responding to adversity all year and will have to do it again when it hits the floor on Monday night. The Raptors looked overwhelmed by the 76ers in Game 1 and VanVleet admitted that the team was “a little soft and a little slow” at the opening of the road, which suggests the Raptors’ infinite lineup. “We are a young team, let’s not forget that. I know we played well and we were warm towards the end of the year, but it was a good wake-up call for a lot of kids,” said VanVleet, who had 18. points and six assists. in the first game. The series will head to Toronto for race 3 on Wednesday and race 4 next Saturday.
