Jamison Battle ‘stays ready’ for Raptors - BERITAJA

TORONTO – Jamison Battle knows precisely who he is.

He’s not the all-star, not a starter. He’s the feline who comes disconnected the chair and exploits tired defenders.

Battle scored each 14 of his points successful the 4th fourth of the Toronto Raptors’ 126-104 triumph complete the Cleveland Cavaliers connected Thursday. He made each 5 of his field-goal attempts, pinch 4 of them coming from beyond the three-point arc.

That violative detonation helped the Raptors outscore Cleveland 43-23 successful the quarter.

“The biggest point is conscionable being ready, staying ready, and that’s what I’ve been doing each season,” Battle told reporters aft the game. “I understand that’s what it’s going to return for maine to instrumentality successful this league.

“I deliberation that’s the biggest point is conscionable staying ready, putting successful each the work, watching each the movie and conscionable trusting successful my expertise and trusting successful my teammates to put maine successful the correct positions. I deliberation that’s what happened tonight.”

It’s not the first clip this play that Battle has gone disconnected against the Cavaliers. He had 20 points successful Toronto’s 112-101 triumph successful Cleveland connected Oct. 31, making each six of his three-point attempts.

“We cognize what he brings to our team, from shooting, stretching the floor, playing without the ball, cutting, moving, he brings a batch of intangibles to our team,” said caput coach Darko Rajakovic. “This is not first clip that he’s played (limited minutes) and past coming successful and changing the game.

“He did an outstanding occupation tonight.”

Battle said connected Thursday that the Raptors “great atmosphere” is simply a spot wherever he could thrive.

“I show group each the clip that we benignant of person a college-type locker room wherever guys are hanging retired pinch each different and we get on truthful well,” said Battle. “The group we person successful this locker room — from players to coaches to sports unit — we each get on and we’re each 1 large family.

“I deliberation that shows erstwhile we play connected the tribunal and pinch really we correspond the organization.”

At OVO Athletic Centre, the Raptors believe facility, each changeable is tracked. Its speed, trajectory, wherever it deed the rim, who changeable it.

“You’ll spot (Battle’s) the No. 1 successful getting shots up each azygous day,” said all-star Scottie Barnes. “He’s successful the lab, getting a bunch of shots up. He’s going to enactment prepared, enactment ready.”

Cleveland leads the best-of-seven first-round playoff bid 2-1. Game 4 is astatine Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena connected Sunday afternoon.

This study by BERITAJA was first published April 24, 2026.