Cape Breton Post

Thomas and Boucher show they can help

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one too, hitting some outside shots when basically none of his teammates seemed to be able to do it. Not saying he's Dell Curry, but it's been a while since Toronto had a weapon like that (Lou Williams can get red hot, but isn't as consistent as great shooters like Dell and Thomas).

Serge Ibaka's passing has been a revelation lately. He's seeing some things on the court he never did in the past.

The beauty of Pascal Siakam: He can get a bit too cute on offence as he did when he dribbled himself into some trouble early on against Memphis, but he never quits. After that turnover he flew back down the court to contest and shut down an alleyoop attempt.

Small sample size theatre: Toronto sits 10th of 22 teams in Orlando in three-point accuracy, but a disturbing 19th over the last four games and 20th over the last three at 31.6 per cent. That's going to have to turn around.

As pointed out by pal Brady Fay of Sportsnet, Toronto is now 26-5 since Jan. 15, a full five games better than any other team.

As noted by Statmuse, despite having six high-rotation players miss at least 11 games this season and with no Kawhi Leonard or Danny Green, the Raptors have a higher winning percentage (.729) than last year's number (.707).

The Presidents Cup will return to Royal Montreal Golf Club in 2024, the PGA Tour announced this week. Royal Montreal, the oldest golf club in North America, held the Canadian Open on 10 occasions, most recently in 2014, and was home of the 2007 Presidents Cup.

The announceme­nt means Royal Montreal will join Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia as the only courses outside the United States to host multiple Presidents Cups.

“The people of Canada are some of the most loyal and passionate sports fans in the world, and given the overwhelmi­ng success of the Presidents Cup in 2007, it was a natural next step for the event to return to The Royal Montreal in 2024,” PGA Tour Commission­er Jay Monahan said in a news release.

The Presidents Cup is a biennial match-play competitio­n which pits a 12-man team from the U.S. against internatio­nal players from outside Europe.

In conjunctio­n with this year's Ryder Cup being postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2021 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina was moved to 2022.

The United States have won the last eight editions.

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