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    GAME 44 - Toronto Raptors vs Portland Trail Blazers - 6:00PM ET




    The Toronto Raptors were in danger of hitting a bit of a skid, dropping three out of their last four games prior to Friday's win over the Washington Wizards.

    Behind a career-high 27 points from Scottie Barnes and another double-double of 21 points and 12 assists from Fred VanVleet, the Raptors were able to win a game of runs and hold off a late comeback from the Wizards.

    Barnes was stellar, finally finding a rhythm after recently missing time due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols and lingering knee soreness. It was his first 20-point outing in a month and he tallied his career-high scoring total on an efficient shooting night, going 12-for-19 from the field.



    All five of the Raptors starters scored double figures, with Pascal Siakam (21 points), Gary Trent Jr. (13) and OG Anunoby (12) joining Barnes and VanVleet.

    Toronto's frontcourt will be put to the test against Portland, with Jusuf Nurkic going off for 29 points, 17 rebounds, six assists, one block and one steal in a comeback win over the Boston Celtics on Friday.



    The Trail Blazers will be without All-Star guard Damian Lillard (abdominal surgery), but CJ McCollum has recently returned from time away due to a collapsed lung and Anfernee Simons has also stepped up in Lillard's absence, averaging 25.7 points per game over his last nine games.

    https://ca.nba.com/news/raptors-trai...f1v5w2x8knqjm7




    Only one thing matters: We The Champs.
    Tags: 2021, barnes, lillard, portland, toronto
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    Icy Lake Ontario ... but that's a shit-hot thread, Mixx.

    Keep it rolling.
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    • #3
      The Raptors are on fire, Scottie is smokin' and the Blazers come to town. Coincidence? I think not.

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      • #4
        RIP City. Will be interesting to see how we handle Nurkic, he’s been beasting lately. Pretty sure FVV can give Simons the clamps.

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        • #5
          Scraptor wrote: View Post
          RIP City. Will be interesting to see how we handle Nurkic, he’s been beasting lately. Pretty sure FVV can give Simons the clamps.
          Barnes will have his hands full, which probably means low scoring day for him.

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          • #6
            I was trying to remember the other Blazer game we lost in. Saw the highlights. CJ had a big game but so did OG. We were tied going into the 4th.. and the Blazers went on a big run, then the Raptors made it a 1 point game with like 2 minutes left. And after that CJ just basically won the game for them. He had a huge block on Scottie at the rim. Nance had a big quarter for them too.

            We had the three core guys in this one, but Siakam looked out of shape. No Precious but we had Khem. Boucher was in the dog house at that point (they had lost to the Pistons the game before, and he was so bad in that one). Flynn played 3 minutes. Svi played 8 and was a -14 in his minutes

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              planetmars wrote: View Post
              I was trying to remember the other Blazer game we lost in. Saw the highlights. CJ had a big game but so did OG. We were tied going into the 4th.. and the Blazers went on a big run, then the Raptors made it a 1 point game with like 2 minutes left. And after that CJ just basically won the game for them. He had a huge block on Scottie at the rim. Nance had a big quarter for them too.

              We had the three core guys in this one, but Siakam looked out of shape. No Precious but we had Khem. Boucher was in the dog house at that point (they had lost to the Pistons the game before, and he was so bad in that one). Flynn played 3 minutes. Svi played 8 and was a -14 in his minutes
              That game was when our defense was at its absolute worst. Its gotten better since then, so we'll see what happens.
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                planetmars wrote: View Post
                I was trying to remember the other Blazer game we lost in. Saw the highlights. CJ had a big game but so did OG. We were tied going into the 4th.. and the Blazers went on a big run, then the Raptors made it a 1 point game with like 2 minutes left. And after that CJ just basically won the game for them. He had a huge block on Scottie at the rim. Nance had a big quarter for them too.

                We had the three core guys in this one, but Siakam looked out of shape. No Precious but we had Khem. Boucher was in the dog house at that point (they had lost to the Pistons the game before, and he was so bad in that one). Flynn played 3 minutes. Svi played 8 and was a -14 in his minutes
                Also the game we let scottie handle the ball In crunch time and had some key turnovers. Hopefully was a good learning experience, maybe he will get a shot at redemption tonight
                To be the champs you got to beat the champs

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                • #9
                  Would love to see Scottie follow up his career game with a good one.

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                  • #10
                    Jclaw wrote: View Post
                    Would love to see Scottie follow up his career game with a good one.
                    If Bryant, Harrell, Gafford couldnt stop him, now sure how the Blazers can.

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                    • #11
                      Well this isn't a good start.

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                      • #12
                        Our defense always starts games pretty soft.

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                        • #13
                          Devlin the idiot throwing again that bullshit excuse that the building is colder than usual without the fans as if the Blazers are also not making their shots

                          what a moron

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                          • #14
                            Yeesh

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                            • #15
                              Just no offensive execution except all Hail Marys from VanVleet

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