GT: Game 8 - Raptors (2-5) @ Denver (3-3), November 4, 2024, 10:00PM, SN

[HangTime]

Deep Breaths Everyone

[mihaic]

Revenge game?

Or is Jokic going to elbow and injure another one of our starters instead.

Looking forward to what RJ and Gradey will do. Ochai too. Fun stuff.

[Winterfrost]

Denver's always tough at their home and they're probably motivated to get their team back on track so don't think we can win. Just want us to be competitive like how we've been so far. Also, happy to have some games on PST to watch at normal times for me

[Kingsway_fan]

Is Murray playing? If not, this is a winnable game.

[AbC?]

Disappointing result last game, time to get a nice long losing streak going.

[CoinTossRoss31]

I thought we'd lose the last one against SAC. This one though I'm more confident is a loss. 2-6 is a good start and keeps us on pace with Detroit

[aminiaturebuddha]

Without Scottie, Aaron Gordon probably guards RJ, which is a tough matchup for RJ because he'll finally be driving against someone as strong as he is.

I'd feel much better about this if we at least had a healthy Quickley going, but as is I think the offence is going to struggle at times. The Raps are going to need Gradey to really pop off again, and for him to get help from at least a couple of other guys. Maybe this will be Ja'Kobe's coming out party now that he has a couple of games under his belt?

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

At least I wont have to stay up late to see the result.

[Shakril]

Denver getting slowly in form. I doubt we cant win in denver, would be nice, but not realistic. I just want them to play the right way, then i am happy.

[TorontoBarneys]

**** the nuggets. All my homies hate the nuggets.

[RapsFanInVA]

Heading to the game tonight. Have lived in Denver for 2 years. Back to back years Raptors were missing Scottie and Quickley and this year I won't get to watch Jontay Porter go off for his season high in a game he clearly bet his own overs because he was facing off against his brother MPJ.

[Shakril]

I thought we'd lose the last one against SAC. This one though I'm more confident is a loss. 2-6 is a good start and keeps us on pace with Detroit

Actually it doesnt. First of all, we have a very hard schedule upfront, which results in a worse record than we actually should be. On top of that, we were competitive in most of thos games and could easily be 5-2 (todays game not included). I actually expect to outperform the estimates in the first 20 games.

Means: As soon as our injured players come back and the schedule gets lighter, its not unreasonable to think, we will have a .500 record. But for the sake of beeing pessimitc, lets just say .400.

From a mathematical standpoint:

first 20 games: 4-16 record (pessimistic approach)
last 62 games: 24-38 record (pessimistic approach)

concludes to a record of: 28:54 record -> and this will be the floor.

With 28 wins, we aint nowhere near the top.

Of course, further injuries, trades etc. can change the outcome, but from the performance i have seen so far, i expect them to win many games.

I remind you; we had 25 wins last year, while shutting down after the injury of Poeltl and Barnes.

[artsncrafts]

A win here would be devastating.

[Shakril]

A win here would be devastating.

A win would be great.

[Tha Cynic]

Didn't realize Jamal Murray was out. Hopefully Quickley is finally back.

Let's win some games and get some lottery lucky this year.

[DG88]

Should be interesting since there will be no Murray since he got a concussion.

[M3tro]

Gradey goes off for 40+ in a loss

[MiamiSPX]

I'd love to pull this one out as payback for that egregiously officiated loss last week.

[Tofubeque]

Revenge game?

Or is Jokic going to elbow and injure another one of our starters instead.

Looking forward to what RJ and Gradey will do. Ochai too. Fun stuff.

The team should send everyone out wearing face masks. Preventative measures

[WuTang_CMB]

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