Raptors can’t rely on Lowry to carry huge offensive load with Valanciunas sidelined: The Toronto Raptors won in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Sunday. Normally this would be cause for optimism — it was just last year that a Boxing Day win in L.A. served as the pinnacle of the team’s season. This year, there was a sense that while the win was better than the alternative, it was not emphatic proof that the Raptors could hang with any team. -- National Post

Taking the good and bad from Raptors' road trip: The NBA season is 15 games old and the Raptors already have knocked off more than a quarter of their road schedule. That’s the good news. At 9-6, this team has held its own against every opponent but they expect more of themselves. Kyle Lowry made that imminently clear following Sunday’s win over the Clippers. -- Toronto Sun