Toronto Raptors 112-117 Golden State Warriors: 5 talking points

#2 Rebounding still an issue for the Warriors

The team needs to gang rebounds if their bigs are struggling.

It's surprising how all the recent super teams in the NBA have a problem or a weakness when it comes to the rebounding the basketball. The Warriors are no different.

In three of the five games so far, they have been outrebounded by their opponent. Of those three, they were beaten by the Houston Rocket, they escaped New Orleans with a narrow win and a late run saved them against the Raptors.

Defense wins champions, not offense. So the Warriors have relied on their offense to save them when they can't get it done defensively. That's not a good tactic though as their offense is more often than not fueled by their defense - defensive rebounds leading to fastbreaks.

In this game, Poeltl's energy and fight on the glass was primarily what led to the Raptors fighting back and taking the lead late in the game.