Watch the match between the Raptors and the Spurs starting at 20:30 on RDS2 and Sportish.

The Toronto Raptors can count on Fred VanVleet returning to San Antonio on Wednesday.

He lost five games with bruises on his right knee.

The point guard averaged 38.2 minutes in the NBA, is third in the league with 208 three-pointers and has the Raptors’ best three-point percentage at 39.8%.

The Raptors’ top scorer is Pascal Shiakam, with 21.5 points per game. VanVleet provided 21.4. Shiakam is second in the league with an average of 37 minutes per game, with 37.6.

Wednesday’s game is very important for Toronto, which wants to maintain its seventh place in the East. Brooklyn are just two games behind and on the horizon for the Raptors are the meetings in Phoenix and Denver on Friday and Saturday.

Nick Nurse’s team will try to end a three-game losing streak on Wednesday. In those defeats, Shiakam had 28, 34 and 24 points, but had little support.

OG Anunoby will lose an eighth consecutive game (right ring).

Malachi Flynn is also sidelined with an injury to his left thigh.

The Raptors should hope that Gary Trent will find some of his long touches again: the last three games he counts three to 15, 0 to 9 and two to eight in this regard. He is used to doing much better at this level, as he is 16th in the league with 165 three-pointers.

The Spurs finished a four-game losing streak beating the Lakers in San Antonio on Monday. Then began a seven-game stay at the AT&T Center.

The club is in the race for 10th place in the West and is holding the impasse against the team occupying this ranking, the Pelicans.

Greg Popovich is just one win away from becoming the coach with the most wins in NBA history. He and Don Nelson each a total of 1,335 in the regular season.

Elsewhere in the NBA:

Celtics-Hornets

BOS:
CHA:

Bulls – Piston

CHI:
TED:

Suns – Heat

PHO:
PURPOSE:

Hawks – Bucks

CHI:
MIL:

Lakers-Rockets

LAK:
HOO:

Thunder – Timberwolves

OKAY :
MIN:

Magic – Pelicans

ENT:
NO:

Knicks – Mavericks

NYK:
LAD:

Trail Blazers – Jazz

ORP:
UTA:

Nuggets – Kings

NEST:
BAG:

Wizards – Clippers

IT WAS:
LAKE: