Raptors, limping into All-星／主役にする break, square off with 魔法
The All-星／主役にする break is coming at just the 権利 time for the 病んでいる Toronto Raptors, who will be short-手渡すd again when they 直面する the visiting Orlando 魔法 on Tuesday.
Toronto has won four of its past five games but likely will be without three rotation players against the 魔法. Gary Trent Jr. (left calf 緊張する) and Precious Achiuwa (権利 ankle sprain) are 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as 疑わしい, while O.G. Anunoby will 行方不明になる his ninth straight game 予定 to a sprained wrist.
Raptors coach Nick Nurse also could be unavailable after 存在 away from the team since Saturday for personal 推論する／理由s. Assistant coach Adrian Griffin served in Nurse's place Sunday, when Toronto held on for a 119-118 勝利，勝つ over the visiting Detroit Pistons.
Fred VanVleet 得点する／非難する／２０d 35 points in the victory, while Pascal Siakam continued to impress with 28 points.
Siakam is 普通の／平均（する）ing 29.8 points in his past four games and has been a 重要な part of the Raptors' 最近の 殺到する. The seven-year プロの／賛成の was 追加するd to the All-星／主役にする Game roster last week as an 傷害 交替／補充.
After watching him in 活動／戦闘 over the 週末, Detroit coach Dwane Casey was baffled at Siakam's 初めの omission as an All-星／主役にする reserve.
"He deserved it," Casey said. "I don't know what the other crazy coaches, 14 coaches, 13 coaches, whatever it is, were thinking about. He should have been on the first 投票（する）."
Toronto has also received a 誘発する from 7-foot-1 中心 Jakob Poeltl, who was acquired from the San Antonio 刺激（する）s at last week's 貿易（する） 最終期限.
Poeltl had six points and five 回復するs in 25 minutes against Detroit and has already made a 肯定的な 衝撃 on the 防御の end.
"It's certainly a 高級な to have someone wi th this size, and he's just such a smart, intelligent player," Griffin said. "He's only been with us for a couple of days, and he's already 選ぶd up a lot of our 概念s. So he's only going to get better."
Orlando will be playing for the third time in four nights and on the second night of a 支援する-to-支援する after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing the host Chicago Bulls 100-91 on Monday.
Paolo Banchero 得点する／非難する／２０d 22 points while Franz Wagner and Markelle Fultz 追加するd 18 apiece for the 魔法, who won for the fourth time in six games.
"I think we're just playing for something," Wagner said. "We're not far out from playing in the play-in game, so every game 事柄s for us. That's how we need to approach every game."
Fultz 与える／捧げるd 10 回復するs and nine 補助装置s against Chicago and is 普通の／平均（する）ing 16.1 points on 54.5 パーセント 狙撃 in seven games this month.
"He's the ultimate team guy," 魔法 coach Jamahl Mosley said. "He 信用s them, and they 信用 him. He slows the game 負かす／撃墜する enough that it 許すs guys to find reads and the 権利 reads."
Orlando guard Cole Anthony 行方不明になるd the Monday contest 予定 to 権利 wrist soreness, and he is 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as day-to-day.
The 魔法 追加するd depth in their frontcourt by 調印 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 Goga Bitadze on Monday. The 6-foot-11 中心 普通の／平均（する）d 3.3 points and 2.3 回復するs in 21 games with the Indiana Pacers this season, leaving his career 普通の／平均（する）s at 4.8 points and 2.8 回復するs in 170 games (all for Indiana) across four seasons.
--Field Level マスコミ
