Jay Satur - Raptors.com
The Raptors are in search of a strong bounce back effort when they return to Air Canada Centre for the only visit of the season from the depleted, but still dangerous Oklahoma City Thunder.
Projected Starting Lineups
Raptors: Kyle Lowry (G), DeMar DeRozan (G), Terrence Ross (F), Patrick Patterson (F), Jonas Valanciunas (C)
Thunder: Sebastian Telfair (G), Andre Roberson (G), Perry Jones (F), Serge Ibaka (F), Steven Adams (C)
Injury Report
Raptors: Amir Johnson - Sore left ankle (questionable)
Thunder Kevin Durant - right foot Jones fracture (out), Grant Jerrett - left ankle surgery (out), Jeremy Lamb - lower back sprain (out), Mitch McGary - left foot fracture (out), Anthony Morrow - left MCL sprain (out), Russell Westbrook - right second metacarpal fracture (out)
Three Pointers
Raptors (Game Notes)
- After a frustrating loss to the Heat in Miami, the Raptors will play seven of their next eight games at Air Canada Centre. Toronto plays at Boston on Wednesday before beginning a seven-game home stand (Nov. 7-21) Friday night against Washington.
- Toronto (16-14) was one of four Eastern Conference teams with a .500 record against the Western Conference last season, along with Miami (20-10), Indiana (18-12) and Brooklyn (18-12). The Raptors finished with a .500 record against the Western Conference for the first time since 1999-00 (16-12).
- Guards DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry averaged 25.0 and 23.5 points, respectively, versus Oklahoma City last season. DeRozan needs just 25 points to tie Morris Peterson (6,498) for fourth place on the Raptors all-time scoring list.
Thunder (Game Notes)
- The Thunder had just nine players available in Monday's 116-85 loss to the Nets in Brooklyn and saw guard Andre Roberson leave with a sprained left foot after just 11-and-a-half minutes into the first half.
- Tonight's matchup wraps up a back-to-back and one astounding opening week of travel for the Thunder -- they've played in three time zones and covered 6,300 miles.
- They may be very banged up, but the Thunder have typically been extremely resilient in recent seasons. Over the last three full seasons, only the Spurs have posted a better record than OKC's 47-15 mark in "bounce back" games.