JUST IN: Toronto Raptors head coach asked to be sacked following poor outing.

April 1, 2024 admin Other clubs 0

JUST IN: Toronto Raptors head coach asked to be sacked following poor outing.

The Raptors not only lost their 13th game in a row on Sunday against the Philadelphia 76ers, but they allowed 135 points or more for the 10th time of the season.

They’ve surrendered at least 100 points in all but six of their 74 games during the 2023-24 campaign and were coming off of Wednesday’s loss against the New York Knicks where they gave up a season-high 145 points. The Knicks came into that bout as 13.5-point road favorites, marking the heaviest they’d been favored on the road since 1993.

Toronto enters Monday in 13th place in the Eastern Conference at 23-51.

The team has the 24th-ranked defense in the Association, surrendering a whopping 118.4 points per tilt this season.

Rajakovic has been one of the more candid head coaches during this first season at the helm.

The 45-year-old Serbian issued a particularly epic postgame rant following the team’s 132-131 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Jan. 9. This came after the Lakers had 23 fourth-quarter free throw attempts to the Raptors’ two.

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Sixers’ Kyle Lowry expresses unwavering love for Toronto, gifts jersey to Raptors’ Kobi Simmons

Philadelphia 76ers guard Kyle Lowry called Toronto his “Forever Home” as he visited the city Sunday night to take on his former team, the Toronto Raptors.

Lowry shared snaps to his Instagram Story as he made his return to the city in which he spent nine seasons.

One photo showed the cloud-covered CN Tower, while in another Lowry was seen smiling and flashing a thumbs up in his warmup suit on the floor of Scotiabank Arena with the caption, “Forever Home.”

The Raptor great also gifted Toronto guard Kobi Simmons, who signed a 10-day contract with the club last week, a signed jersey that read, “Keep pushing… never stop the work! Be great!!”

“Every time I come here, this is the place where I grew as a man, an individual, as a father, as everything. This place is my second home, pretty much my home,” Lowry told reporters post-game. “I don’t call it my city, I call it my country. It’s a place that (will) always (be) dear to my heart and will always be a part of me forever … I have relationships that I’ve created here that I’ll have forever. I always see the same people over and over and I enjoy seeing those same people.”

The six-time NBA all-star added that he has places in the city that he still likes to visit that continue to take “good care of me.”

“This is home and I’ve said it before … my last day as an NBA player will be as a Toronto Raptor,” he added.