Inexperienced Raptors flash brilliance but learn tough lessons vs. Nuggets

On Nov 5, 2024

DENVER — One factor you’ll be able to say in regards to the varied members of the Toronto Raptors who’re getting experiences and alternatives they in any other case wouldn’t on a group that was wholesome, extra established or burdened with the expectation of successful: Individually and collectively, they’re taking full benefit.

Completely different gamers doing various things, usually with unexpectedly encouraging outcomes.

It really works each methods although. Expertise is the very best trainer, but lots of the lessons find yourself coming from the loss column.

The Raptors have been the higher group for lengthy stretches of their match-up with the Denver Nuggets at Ball Enviornment Monday. Gradey Dick (26 factors, 5 assists, 4 steals, two blocks) was a two-way drive. You can argue Jakob Poeltl (23 factors, 9 rebounds, three assists and three steals) was on the very least holding his personal in opposition to Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, who however superior his case for a fourth MVP award with 28 factors, 14 rebounds and 14 assists, although he’ll probably be eager about his seven turnovers.

Davion Mitchell, getting a long term because the Raptors’ place to begin guard with Immanuel Quickley lacking time with a bruised pelvis, has regarded convincing too, as he contributed 13 factors and eight assists with out a turnover. And RJ Barrett has stuffed in admirably because the Raptors ‘go-to’ shot creator down the stretch of shut video games. He struggled capturing Monday, connecting on simply six of his 22 makes an attempt, but he had 9 assists and is averaging almost that many over his final 4 begins. Barrett had a step-back three on the buzzer that rattled in earlier than spilling out that will have received the sport for the Raptors.

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All that chance can include a price, and within the Raptors’ case, it was a streak of turnovers and fouls within the remaining half of the fourth quarter that value Toronto in what ended up being a 121-119 loss to Denver that dropped the Raptors to 2-6 on the season and 0-1 to begin their five-game western street journey.

Toronto led by 11 with 5:45 to play and got here up brief as they made 4 reside ball turnovers within the remaining 4 minutes — one by Barrett and three by Dick. That and a 38-18 free throw disparity sunk them.

“In the fourth quarter, I thought that we got a little bit rattled and that we did not handle that pressure (the way) you need to do on the road to win a game like this,” stated Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic. “I thought that overall we did a lot of good stuff — 37 assists — I thought that for a big part of it, we did a decent job with taking care of the ball, especially first half. After that, at the end, we did not do a great job against their physical defence.”

It was the second shut loss to Denver — who have been taking part in with out Canada’s Jamal Murray (concussion protocol) and misplaced beginning energy ahead Aaron Gordon early within the sport — within the area of every week. The Raptors blew a late lead and misplaced in additional time to the Nuggets (4-3) in Toronto seven days in the past.

The Raptors generally have been aggressive this season, even whereas lacking Scottie Barnes who will probably be out for an additional three weeks after fracturing his orbital bone within the first Denver sport, and Immanuel Quickley, who missed his seventh straight sport with a bruised pelvis, whereas additionally lacking projected regulars Bruce Brown (knee) and Kelly Olynyk (again).

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However the wins have been lacking partly as a result of they’ve been mistake-prone at key moments of shut video games as completely different gamers tackle extra accountability.

“I mean, we’re in every game,” stated Poeltl, the Raptors’ most skilled starter. “Every game has things we can learn from, and tonight’s game, for example, it was executing down the stretch. How to figure out a good play for us to run, how to punish a defence, how to adjust to their adjustments on the fly… that’s where you can see where we don’t have that experience yet or enough. We’ve been pretty good in flashes, but at the same time we had a bunch of turnovers down the line, so yeah, improving on that would be great.”

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Coming in, the Raptors undoubtedly had Denver’s consideration. Previous to the sport, Denver head coach Michael Malone had a useful three-point clarification for why his Nuggets group had barely managed to squeeze out a win the week prior and presumably what they have been hoping to do to treatment issues Monday night time.

The Raptors had a determined edge in factors within the paint and quick break factors within the two groups’ earlier assembly — which was probably associated — and the Raptors’ power in relation to producing second-chance factors. Toronto got here into the sport ranked first in quick break factors scored, first in points-in-the-paint and second within the NBA in second-chance factors.

The primary quarter probably didn’t please Malone then. The Raptors helped the Nuggets commit eight first-quarter turnovers and, predictably, Toronto was off and working with an 8-7 edge in quick break factors, an 8-4 edge in second-chance factors and a 26-18 benefit in factors within the paint.

The Raptors trailed by seven within the early going but pulled again into the sport with a 9-2 run that featured quite a few themes that have been a part of a formidable first half of basketball by the Raptors. Poeltl was in a position to get straightforward buckets by rolling to the rim or slicing into the paint the place his teammates discovered him constantly. Dick bumped into an open three on the prime of the circle, and Ochai Agbaji (14 factors, 4 assists, two steals) reached round Jokic to steal an entry go and took it the opposite approach for a basket that gave Toronto the lead. They completed the quarter main 37-34.

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The early success appeared to make the Raptors that rather more assured in a season the place they’re taking part in with home cash, the early spate of accidents and the expectations of a rebuild making a unfastened setting the place gamers can discover their toes with out the burden of expectations.

Nobody appears to be benefitting greater than Dick, who’s taking part in nicely past anybody’s expectations in his second season. The Raptors led 64-59 at half and Dick was arguably essentially the most impactful participant on both group. Along with his 16 factors — offence he was producing whereas matching up with Christian Braun, the Nuggets’ major perimeter defender — Dick added three assists, 4 steals and a blocked shot.

“I think it’s just being locked in and ultimately having the energy and the focus that I need where I’m not taking any plays off,” stated Dick in reference to his improved defensive playmaking that’s proven up not too long ago. “… I’m getting better at it, but at the same time it’s being locked in.”

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He confirmed himself able to the best play — a fast contact go to the nook after a penetrating Jamal Shead had hit Dick above the arc generated rookie Ja’Kobe Walter’s first NBA three — and the spectacular, reminiscent of when he raced the ground after his personal miss and rose excessive to swat fastbreak lay-up try by Peyton Watson into the fifth row.

The Raptors led by 13 halfway via the third quarter, bumping up their largest lead after Jamison Battle drove the lane and dished to a rolling Poeltl who discovered a wide-open Agbaji for 3. Nobody had that trio combining to make necessary performs within the necessary a part of video games when coaching camp opened, but that’s the fantastic thing about the Raptors’ state of affairs, the place alternatives are plentiful for gamers to make a reputation for themselves. The Nuggets pushed again and had lower the Raptors result in 93-88 to begin the fourth.

However the final lesson is successful, and it’s the toughest one. After Poeltl fouled out the Raptors’ offence appeared to lose a fulcrum on both finish, and the errors started to mount. Toronto’s younger expertise, taking part in in unfamiliar conditions, regarded each inch the half till it mattered most.

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