In what has become the norm, Terence Davis had another career night.
After recording a career-high 16 points on Monday night, the undrafted guard from Ole Miss surpassed that mark Wednesday night for the Toronto Raptors with 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists in a 113-97 win over the Orlando Magic.
A pair of injuries to Kyle Lowry and Patrick McCaw opened up some minutes in the rotation, clearing the way for Davis. Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has often used a shortened rotation all season long as Davis was one of eight players use extensively on Wednesday night.
Davis averaged just 7.7 minutes over his first seven games of the season but has logged 20.6 minutes per game in seven games since then. Including Wednesday, Davis is averaging 10 points per game in that span while he is shooting 51.9% (14-of-27) from 3-point range.
His performance has even surprised his head coach.
Is Nurse seeing what he expected to see from Terence Davis?
"I think we might be seeing more than we expected to see."
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) November 21, 2019
Davis improved his season scoring average to six points, 2.8 rebounds and two assists this season as he continues to see more playing time for Nurse. Though Nurse has often used small rotations, Davis has likely done more than enough to remain a fixture off of the bench.
The emergence of Davis is yet another undrafted player the Raptors have uncovered. Along with Davis, the Raptors have several others on the roster, including Fred VanVleet, Chris Boucher and Matt Thomas among others.
As Davis continues to improve each time he steps onto the court, he may very well begin to rise up the ranks of this year’s rookie class as an under-the-radar player.
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