Game Thread – Raptors @ Celtics – 7:00PM, Sat, Nov. 11, 2023

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Previously, With The BOSTON CELTICS . . .

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Regular Season, Victory Count, 2023-24
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Victory Cigar

(2) Jayson Tatum
(2) Jaylen Brown
(1) Kristaps Porziņģis
(1) Derrick White



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(2) Jayson Tatum
(1) Jaylen Brown
(1) Derrick White
(1) Kristaps Porziņģis
(1) Jrue Holiday


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[zoyathedestroya]

Achiuwa is QUESTIONABLE, Koloko is OUT for the Raptors. I think Cs are all active other than Walsh and the two-ways.

[playa-hater]

On paper they match up well. Interesting test on a B2B. Hopefully our heavy shooting 3 point team doesn't Front rim many of their shots. And how about make a concerted effort to get KP WAY MORE involved.

[zoyathedestroya]

On paper they match up well. Interesting test on a B2B. Hopefully our heavy shooting 3 point team doesn't Front rim many of their shots. And how about make a concerted effort to get KP WAY MORE involved.

All three Jays are guilty of this. They’re using him as a decoy and spacer. He barely touched the ball in the Nets game (8th in touches lol). At times he had his man sealed deep in the paint calling for the ball. No pass, shot goes up and he’s forced to fight for a rebound instead.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

Banton revenge game incoming.

[Fierce1]

Banton revenge game incoming.

I have to see it to believe it.

[SuperDeluxe]

Banton revenge game incoming.

If he plays 15-20 minutes, I expect a violent 4-point outburst from him (most in garbage time).

[Memokerobi]

On paper they match up well. Interesting test on a B2B. Hopefully our heavy shooting 3 point team doesn't Front rim many of their shots. And how about make a concerted effort to get KP WAY MORE involved.

All three Jays are guilty of this. They’re using him as a decoy and spacer. He barely touched the ball in the Nets game (8th in touches lol). At times he had his man sealed deep in the paint calling for the ball. No pass, shot goes up and he’s forced to fight for a rebound instead.

Wait who's the third Jay

[31to6]

On paper they match up well. Interesting test on a B2B. Hopefully our heavy shooting 3 point team doesn't Front rim many of their shots. And how about make a concerted effort to get KP WAY MORE involved.

All three Jays are guilty of this. They’re using him as a decoy and spacer. He barely touched the ball in the Nets game (8th in touches lol). At times he had his man sealed deep in the paint calling for the ball. No pass, shot goes up and he’s forced to fight for a rebound instead.

Wait who's the third Jay

Jrue

[steefP2]

All three Jays are guilty of this. They’re using him as a decoy and spacer. He barely touched the ball in the Nets game (8th in touches lol). At times he had his man sealed deep in the paint calling for the ball. No pass, shot goes up and he’s forced to fight for a rebound instead.

Wait who's the third Jay

Jrue

jristaps jorzingus

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

On paper they match up well. Interesting test on a B2B. Hopefully our heavy shooting 3 point team doesn't Front rim many of their shots. And how about make a concerted effort to get KP WAY MORE involved.

All three Jays are guilty of this. They’re using him as a decoy and spacer. He barely touched the ball in the Nets game (8th in touches lol). At times he had his man sealed deep in the paint calling for the ball. No pass, shot goes up and he’s forced to fight for a rebound instead.

Wait who's the third Jay

(J)rue Holid(ay)?

[zoyathedestroya]

Achiuwa is QUESTIONABLE, Koloko is OUT for the Raptors. I think Cs are all active other than Walsh and the two-ways.

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[lon3lytoaster]

I really don’t understand the scheduling of this tournament thing. We played a tournament game last night, which was our first, Net’s second. They played their first a week ago. Toronto has yet to play one yet, but this isn’t a cup game?

Make it make sense

[shackles10]

I really don’t understand the scheduling of this tournament thing. We played a tournament game last night, which was our first, Net’s second. They played their first a week ago. Toronto has yet to play one yet, but this isn’t a cup game?

Make it make sense

Tuesday’s and Fridays in November are the only in-season tournament days. With a 5 team group each only needs to play 4 games the whole month. 8 total Tuesday’s and Fridays this month so only need to play half of them to get to 4 so Toronto schedule wise just hasn’t done any yet.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[zoyathedestroya]

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Celtics don't drive much. 38.1 drives before last night, good for 28th in the league. 36 drives against the Nets. Down from 46.8 (15th) last season. Nuggets and Warriors don't either though they pass the ball much more than we do. Plus they have their hyper-efficient cheat codes in Jokic and Curry.

Versus the Nets, we got good looks from three which we made. We got 15 out of 121 points off drives.

[dkb964]

Probably in for a long night considering Boston leads the league in point differential. Seeing as the Celtics are on the 2nd night of a back to back I hoping that the Raptors do not get blown out at least. Trent Jr. is out so maybe Dick can finally hits some shots as he has been cold all year. Not looking forward to this one though as I imagine it will get ugly fast.

[lon3lytoaster]

Probably in for a long night considering Boston leads the league in point differential. Seeing as the Celtics are on the 2nd night of a back to back I hoping that the Raptors do not get blown out at least. Trent Jr. is out so maybe Dick can finally hits some shots as he has been cold all year. Not looking forward to this one though as I imagine it will get ugly fast.

Hope it’s better than last night. Didn’t think the Nets game was that enjoyable. Close-ish at times but nothing really exciting during that one. We’ll see. Raptors tend to play us tough from the bubble series.

[dkb964]

Probably in for a long night considering Boston leads the league in point differential. Seeing as the Celtics are on the 2nd night of a back to back I hoping that the Raptors do not get blown out at least. Trent Jr. is out so maybe Dick can finally hits some shots as he has been cold all year. Not looking forward to this one though as I imagine it will get ugly fast.

Hope it’s better than last night. Didn’t think the Nets game was that enjoyable. Close-ish at times but nothing really exciting during that one. We’ll see. Raptors tend to play us tough from the bubble series.

The Raptors tend to play most teams tough. The top 6 the Celtics have though is vastly superior to the Raptors starters and most teams in the league. It doesn't help that the Raptors are missing their 6th man in Trent Jr. They have beat the Bucks, Mavericks and Timberwolves who have all been stroung out of the gate for the most part. Hoping for a competitive game where both teams come out healthy.

[shackles10]

Raptors game thread has 9 pages already. How many Zoyas do they have over there???