Youthful enough to have four different rookies — give-or-take — solidified within their rotation, odds were that at some point over the 82-game season, the stars would align for the Toronto Raptors to reap the full benefits of their well-researched 2024 NBA Draft selections. On November 27, 2024, in a 26-point win over the New Orleans Pelicans, those rewards finally arrived. Ensured already of his rookie season’s most productive game to date, Jamison Battle does his part, delaying his upcourt trot effectively enough to utilize a flare screen, springing himself free along the 3-point arc. In perfectly-timed cohesion with his fellow first-year teammate, Battle turns the rookie-to-rookie connection into a catch-and-shoot trifecta, extending Toronto’s already-confirmed excellence on the scoreboards. Toronto’s victory was memorable for plenty of reasons, with Battle’s play chief among them. Ultimately tying the game-high in scoring with 24 points (on 9-of-11 shooting), the southpaw sniper left it well-complemented, also tallying three assists, one steal, one block, and six triples. · Nov 28, 2024