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Josh Lewenberg: Put that game on Barnes' All-Star reel. Put it on his All-NBA reel. Raptors shot 16% from 3pt range. His teammates were 31-for-84 (37%) from the field. Shead, CMB and Martin were great, but that was Scottie's game, Scottie's win. 31-6-7 on 10-19 FG, 10-12 FT. Gritty performance.
Josh Lewenberg: On a night in which Ingram, Barnes and Quickley combined for 34 points on 14-for-46 from the field and 1-for-14 from 3, Shead, Dick and Walter had 44 points on 14-28 FG/6-14 3P. Monster defensive effort from CMB, Ja'Kobe and Shead to fuel the 4th-quarter comeback.
Raptors guard Jamal Shead did all he could to try to contain Curry, and it ended up just being enough. “Always a challenge guarding one of the greatest ever and for him to be the greatest shooter, to play this game,” Shead told Postmedia. “Like our whole game plan was centred around him, and just how to try to contain him a little bit, you know, he’s still gonna make really big shots …it’s about just not getting down on yourself,” Shead said, “He still had (39) tonight, but I feel like we did a good job and got him away from the shots he usually takes.”
Ryan Wolstat: This is awesome. Scottie Barnes and Jamal Shead branching out. Photo by Bruce Zinger, Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada
This is awesome. Scottie Barnes and Jamal Shead branching out. Photo by Bruce Zinger, Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada pic.twitter.com/yj2r8yMRxB
— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) December 20, 2025
Michael Grange: Raps win 111-105 vs. Bucks team that was there to be had. Improve to 17-11. Bucks 11-17. Brandon Ingram w/ 29 (4/6 from 3, 7/8 FTs) and Scottie Barnes (24p, 11r and 2 blocks). Sandro Mamukelashivili with 18+7 in start vs. team that waived him. Jamal Shead with 10 assists. Raps host Boston on Saturday next.
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Cyro Asseo: I asked Jamal Shead on facing his former teammate Davion Mitchell vs Heat: “It felt like training camp... I learned so much from him... I wouldn’t be in this position... without him. I just took what I could from him... was really helpful that I got to be his backup..."
Josh Lewenberg: Immanuel Quickley will miss tonight’s NBA Cup quarterfinals game with an illness. Jamal Shead is available (and will presumably get plenty of run with IQ out).
Josh Lewenberg: Jamal Shead on Brandon Ingram: “I think this is the longest stretch that BI has played in a while. I think his legs have gone here and there a little bit. Every now and then, he’s a little tired and I think we need to pick him up in that instance.”
Josh Lewenberg: Jamal Shead: “The first half was just not us. I have no explanation for it, no excuse for it. It just wasn’t us.”
Michael Grange: Tough win,121-119 by Raps over Portland. Barnes 28/7/7/2b; Quickley w 23/8a/5r on 9/11. Ingram 21. Dick w 14 off bench, CMB with 10&5. Shead with 5 steals, draws 2 offensive fouls. Sharpe with 23-3-3 for Portland. Raps improve to 15-7. Portland 8-13. Raps host Lakers on Thurs.
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Josh Lewenberg: Rajakovic said that Jamal Shead (illness) looked good during walk through and expects him to be available vs Memphis tonight. They’ll make an official call after his pre-game warmup.
The Raptors' younger core trained in Toronto for most of May, in addition to heading to Austin, Texas, where Jamal Shead hosted a group of 10 players, along with coaches and training staff, for a four-day training camp in his hometown before Summer League. The veterans were also in Las Vegas for a mini-camp. The next step is a team-wide mini-camp in Madrid during the first week of August. The Raptors held a similar gathering last summer on Spain’s southern coast in Fuengirola, working out of the NBPA’s European training facility. This time around, the Raptors will be training at the leading-edge facilities enjoyed by one of the richest clubs in European sports, Real Madrid.
Blake Murphy: Scottie Barnes and Jakob Poeltl are both questionable Wednesday with the same MCP joint contusion on their right hands. Ja'Kobe Walter is out with right hip flexor tightness. Jamal Shead and Ochai Agbaji will rest. Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, and Ulrich Chomche remain out.
NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Donovan Clingan (POR), Isaiah Collier and Kyle Filipowski (UTA), Zach Edey (MEM) and Quinten Post (GSW) East: Matas Buzelis (CHI), Justin Edwards (PHI), Alex Sarr (WAS), Jamal Shead (TOR) and Kel’el Ware (MIA)
