After LaMelo Ball swung the game in Charlotte's favor with a made basket with just 1.6 seconds to go, the Raptors had to come up with something to secure the win. Big man Sandro Mamukelashvili found Immanuel Quickley trying to get into his shooting space, and IQ was able to catch the ball and let the Jimmy fly (as Jack Armstrong would put it). The shot sent the Raptors bench and broadcast into a frenzy - heck, even the Charlotte broadcast team went wild.
With 1.6 seconds remaining, guard Immanuel Quickley came off a Scottie Barnes pindown and nailed a fading triple as the Toronto Raptors stunned the Charlotte Hornets 97-96 on Wednesday at the Spectrum Center. On a night where the Raptors struggled from outside (7-for-34), Quickley hit the most important shot, as Toronto snapped a two-game losing streak against Charlotte and tied the season series at two.
There are two ways a doctor can treat a patient. He or she can of course prescribe medicine or solutions of any kind. You go in with a janked elbow, the doctor can offer an X-ray and medication and the whole kit and caboodle. Or, of course, if you go in with a janked elbow and tell the doctor, "it hurts when I move it this way," the doctor can say, "don't move it that way."
Out of nowhere, Houston is now going to be in need of a guard upgrade. Meanwhile, Quickley is one of the Raptors' more tradeable pieces, and Toronto has reportedly been open to moving him in order to upgrade their roster. The Rockets are a partner that could work well in a potential deal for a number of reasons. The first of which being that they need specifically what Quickley brings to the table.
"I remember people being like 'Well, he's the best player in the OG Anunoby trade.' Like real NBA media people were saying that, like he was the reason the Raptors made that trade."
