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As a Raps fan it's hard to get enjoyment out of these wins, knowing that we're probably going to proceed to lose to some trash team as half of our roster shoots 15% from the floor or get completely blown out of the water by any team with interior defense.
KD 30 for 30
GREAT DEFENCE NGL
Booker looked like he was limping on his way to the tunnel, looked injured ever since he was subbed in the 4th. He took one single shot and that was a 3 with 50 secs.
Why was he playing?
Superstars don't score just 8 points.
Man. Today is a good day.
Yall couldn't do this yesterday Toronto???
We thrive against teams who have shit paint defense. Nets didnt let do shit in the paint yesterday
BUT YOU COULDNT BEAT THE NETS?!
😭
Toronto has great perimeter defense and I noticed they don’t mind doing single coverage unlike other teams when suns starts try to exploit their gravity. Guys couldn’t hit shots for their life and it happens but I wouldn’t be worried about it because you won’t see them in playoffs. It is a unique situation to study regardless
What happend with Booker only 8 pts, 2-12. Good defense? or just missing shots?
Well that's our annual nightmare game in Toronto out of the way
4th quarter Scottie shut it down baby
This fucking team...
I don’t really understand this team and I’m not sure really want to right now anyways
So Scottie Barnes is actually pretty damn good
The most Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde team I've watched in a while
The true definition of a Dr. Jekyll and Hyde team.
We cant beat the nets but we can beat the suns…
Good to elite defences are a bigger problem for us than elite offences.
Excuse me while I channel my MITwestbrook and somehow attribute this to the greatness of Mikal Bridges
We're good against teams that lack strong paint defense.
4th quarter Barnes
I know nothing but pain.
I don’t think a play passed where these suns commentators didn’t complain about something
I will be dreaming about Scottie blocks and step-throughs 😍
KD and Booker have nightmares trying to score on Torontos length and athleticism
Scottie Barnes
The “Always complainin’ bout the double” IG post is even funnier now lol
Raptors mascot is Booker's kryptonite
This is the win Masai needed to keep the team together 🫠
Very lowkey thing but KD high fiving all the opponent fans after a loss is a big w by him, especially after what happened in this building. Respect.
KD and Booker straight to the locker room after too lol, no GGs from them
Are these wins hurting the raptors in the long run? surly a rebuild/retool is the correct choice for this team, building around scotty, trading siakam etc.
Giving the front office hope that this team can complete for a playoff spot is not helping anyone
Either book or KD gotta have an efficient game to win today none of them had an efficient game at all.
KD 46%TS Booker 29.1%TS
Gg, well played for toronto on a back to back.
Classic trap game. Suns arrived a whole day early and got to rest. Raps got in at 4am on a back to back
Not sure why coach vogel kept putting Booker in play. He was already having a horrible night, and then he injures himself.
IIRC the last time the Suns lost with KD and Book in the lineup was against us. Raptors simply outhustled them this game too.
Sct Brn
The Raptors are truly a hilarious team
The raptors have 9 wins, 4 of them have come against the wolves, bucks, mavs and suns who have a combined record of 48-23 LOL
On the schedule they may look like an easy matchup, but they can put up a fight against any team
It depends on the paint defense on the other team
booker and KD were awful, just a tough shooting game all around. nurk played great though. winning streak was nice, just hope this one didn't come at the cost of some missed games for Book after the ankle injury.
Nurk needed more shots imo
GG raps fans. Not trying to complain about the outcome here, but do you guys feel the officiating was fucking nuts this game? Both ways they just weren't calling anything. But then they'd randomly decide the softest contact was a whistle.
Book's defense after rolling his ankle was just to foul people and hope they don't call it and they didn't lol. He was very obviously holding Schroder's off-hand from behind at one point right in front of the official and it was far from an isolated incident tonight. Bizarre game all around. Great fight from the raps on a B2B. We need our star Grayson back.