DeMar DeRozan is playing like a man on a mission.
That mission? To cement the Toronto Raptors as a serious threat to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.
The kid from Compton, now 27 years old and among the highest-paid players in the NBA, has been doing what he does best, (just better than ever): scoring inside the arc.
During a 113-111 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday, DeRozan scored 34 points on 14 two-pointers, six free throws and no threes (he attempted one).
To date, he's taken 13 threes and made two in eight games—that's 15.4 percent, if you're keeping score at home. That hasn't stopped DeRozan from becoming the first player to score 30 or more points in seven of a season's first eight games since Michael Jordan in 1986, per Megan Robinson of Global Sports.
And, as The Score's Chris Walder noted, he did it in His Airness' own building in Charlotte:
"We're witnessing history," Raptors guard Norman Powell noted afterward, per the Toronto Sun's Ryan Wolstat.
This bit of history put a fine point on Toronto's place within the le ...
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