Jacob Poelti of the Toronto Raptors grabs a rebound next to Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs in the first half at Frost Bank Center on October 27, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Ronald Cortes / Getty Images

The Raptors return home from the Lone Star State with an empty feeling. Article content

In Big D Sunday night , a 39-point third quarter led to Toronto’s demise. Article content Article content

Monday night in San Antonio, the Raptors gave up 41 first-quarter points, the most yielded in a period four games into a new season.

It’s not hard to dissect what has gone wrong.

Scoring isn’t the issue, but preventing opponents from filling up the boxscore remains the biggest area of deficiency.

Toronto has gone through a gauntlet of opposition skilled bigs in drop

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