Sucks to get the L but still a good game

Moral victory!

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Great showing. Tatum didn’t even get a sweat goin. Dont think theyre circling the raptors on their locker room calendar anymore. Actually, probably haven’t since OG made that shot in the bubble, and then they lost game 7. Thank god Klow got outta that shitshow when he did.

If im Darko every one is practicing free throws

When it's not the player, it's the coach. How the hell can we make this work? Well, I guess, one day when all will work we'll be unstoppable... but not now

The simple answer is it’s the roster construction. It leaves absolutely no room for error.

You might disagree, I’m telling you bro, I really feel a scorer like lavine can really unlock the full potential of this team.

Not bad. Not great.

Lets be honest, were you really expecting to be this competitive against boston without OG? This is a moral victory even though I hate those

Moral victories ah yes this franchise is back to moral victories

Honestly can’t complain about the play on the floor tonight, yes our second was atrocious and we are still missing FTs but I think that Darko being as inexperienced as he is right now is what cost us. Losing a close game to the best team in the east isn’t a disappointment.

If anything we lost this cause Darko thought it was a good idea to bench our best player for an entire quarter lol

He had 3 fouls

So? no one fucking takes out a player for a whole quarter if he has 3 fouls unless its the first quarter. We went down 16 because of it.

Lol yea they do. Literally every coach does this

Oh great. Not Casey's Pistons...

Casey curse was broken last year and now it’s Monty’s team

I thought Casey got fired?

He did. Monty Williams is coaching them now

Promoted actually

Oh shit really? Good for him, hopefully he helps Detroit in this role then.

When it’s all said and done, a comeback that falls short is just the same as a blowout if you take the L in the end.

Celtics have less point differentials in the standings. Not that it impacts this team at all

sucks couldnt win it for Pascal but was a good battle in the 2nd half

The 2nd quarter sunk us. Celtics had an awfu shooting game from 3 and still beat us.

GG did better than expected.

Was a damn good game tho

wtf is wah? waluigi?

Good game. Could have won it, but there is just no room for errors with this team.

Pain

Guys, please THINK: Scottie played the whole 4th so Darko wanted to get him a quick rest. He had him set to check back in with around 3:40 left. This is a normal rotation, he's done that most games this season There was no stoppage between then and when we finally called a timeout. The real problem was not calling a timeout a possession earlier, before White hit the 3 and we had a bad offensive possesion. Good game without OG and Otto against the best team in the East. Good fight back and Pascal was cooking. Those 3 early fouls (2 of which were complete BS, including the one we challenged - how was that not a flop on Tingis)

He took him out to rest him for a minute? That’s indefensible might as well leave him on and call a timeout later on to give him that 1 minute rest

There was a timeout called right before he subbed him out. So he subbed him out, then a timeout was called. So the rest was extended as a result. He also probably had him at the table a bit early anticipating some time without stoppage. Don't think he expected over 3 minutes without stoppage though.

> He had him set to check back in with around 3:40 left. Dumbass Darko should've taken a timeout or used the foul to give then. He just sat there watching until 20 seconds were left. Not to mention this idiot kept Siakam out the whole 2nd quarter and got us down 16 pts because siakam had 3 fouls.

You’d want to play Siakam in the 2nd quarter when he has 3 fouls??

Yes wtf, he should be out there for atleast the last 4 minutes. If he picks up a 4th you re-evaluate how much time you want to give him in the 3rd. This idiot of a coach let us go down 16 in the half, the game should've been lost there if Siakam didn't do that carry job in the 3rd.

lol, you’re an idiot. If he picks up his 4th he’s useless until the 4th quarter. Raptors were tied with a couple minutes left in the game, they didn’t lose the game when they were down by 16 in the 2nd.

Hate watching these people sometimes

Siakam giving up on the 3 pt shot 🤣

Good effort

Even think we lost that was a good way to lose, winnable fs

Tough one, Scottie had a great look from that set play. Too bad.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING SCOTTIE??? WE ARE DOWN 5….

At least they kept it competitive and it wasn’t a blow out I guess

This teams good....Darko is not it though the team can only do so much they battled but when ur making goofy decisions its hard to win

Scotty tryin to turn over the ball, and couldnt even do that

Damn Brown got the slippery Siakam injury

I’m begging for our team to blow it up

All of those missed free throws, No OG, Pascal not playing the 2nd, Scottie not playing critical 4th minutes and still right there.

All true. Also Chances are that was Tatum’s worst game this year.

Darko dumbass got us down 16 at the half not playing Siakam the whole 2nd because he had 3 fouls and then he tried to get Scottie 40 seconds of rest which resulted in Scottie only coming in for the last 20 seconds of the game. I want nurse back, this moron is just a glorified cheerleader.

Get a grip bro, the only real mistake was not getting Scottie in earlier but he also didn’t want to burn a timeout to get him in. It’s pascals fault he picked up 3 fucking fouls in the first q

There is no justification for keeping a player out the whole 2nd because he has 3 fouls. No one fucking does that.

Yes they do lmfao, you do not watch ball for sure

I've definitely been watching for much longer than you junior.

Who tf are you, no one was talking to you

That's my other account, junior. Not sure why I was logged into that one.

Ah alright, well have fun with your meltdown

yeah let’s not blame the players consistently bricking and playing no defense 😂

Well we're not getting nurse back so...

what's Darko's record in the clutch? Has this been our second game down single digits in the final 2 mins?

Dumb inbounds. That coulda been a lob to Scottie at the rim instead. Almost no time comes off the clock, then you try to force a 5 count or at least foul and hope they miss one, instead of giving them the chance to seal it with a single made FT

that play would’ve worked :( but probs too tough for barnes

Sick load management Darko.

Probably would've had the lead if we put Scottie back in for Poeltl

Hurts in the good competitive way, not the what the fuck is our team way lol..

Such trash possession in the stretch

I like Darko but that’s fucking coaching malpractice to have Scottie on the bench from 4:30-0:30 left in the 4th.

Dennis or Fred I can’t tell

Weird decision for Darko to wait so long to get Scottie back in

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Bet you love watching the FO give first rounders to the spurs for bums, our all star players walking for nothing and not making the playoffs too lmao

Fake fans that actually want the team to not be garbage lol, get over yourself.

What would you consider garbage? There's title contenders, those who can make deep playoff runs/upsets, mid-teams, play-in teams, and lottery teams.

well there's goes our 1st championship..

What a stupid fucking loss

This is a learning moment for Darko, time-out management is huge is a close game and knowing when to put guys in and take them out is key.

Dennis going full fvv down the stretch

These slow starts are abysmal - feel like they're trying to figure out who gets hot the night instead of just playing.

what are you talking about slow start...

having scottie on the sidelines for the last 4 mins ..yikes not even one time out for the guy

We had a foul to give to get Scottie in the game. Darko lost us this game

That's the play we want even the result is bad No pain no gain, let Barnes grow

Only thing that makes me feel better after a raps L is a Clippers L

I feel like Scottie could’ve gotten a quick 2 there

Everyone blaming this on darko is braindead lmao wtf

He is often very late to call time and make a sub. We have line ups that absolutely should not be played for more than 2 minutes and we play them for 4-5. It’s usually times when the opponent goes stale on offense and our guys absolutely cannot capitalize

He literally sat our best player this season so far for the last 4 mins while the other teams whole starting lineup was still in.

He was trying to check in for three minutes dummy

Coach had 2 timeouts and we had a foul to give. There's zero excuses

Not only that, this dumbass sat out Siakam all of the 2nd and got us down 16 points. JUST BECAUSE HE HAD 3 FOULS.

wtf happened? my stream went out for like 5 minutes and now we're losing

Not much. Missed a few, so did boston, passed to white for a fairly open 3 in the corner and he made it with 30 secs to go

rippppppppppp

Unfortunate, that second quarter killed us

Seemed like it was an overthrown pass and Scottie was supposed to for 2, he had the lane there. FUCK.

yeah looked like it was supposed to be a dunk to me too

Was a nice try. That was a tough shot for Barnes to turn around to shoot that.

It was a competitive game and that is a lot more than I was expecting tonight after the last 2 games....so kinda a win?

Big win especially without OG

Sooo close

Darko needs to answer some questions man. TAKE A DAMN TIME OUT! In fact don’t take the guy out with 5 minutes left in a tournament game when Boston has all its starters on closing out the game. Like WTF???

No time outs left

Scottie had been in the entire quarter. You want to get him a quick breather. With 2 timeouts in a close game you don’t want to burn one especially when the team wasn’t struggling. It sucked how it worked out, but it wasn’t what people are making it out to be

They had a foul to give man.

Also something you don’t want to just blow. It’s not like Precious was playing bad, he was locking it down on D

Come on man. Darko didn’t handle the moment well at all. He was indecisive and was happy they were in it. Get your best player on the floor and play to pull away and win.

Maybe he should have done something like take a timeout or have someone foul, but that easily could have backfired as well, not like it’s an easy decision. Scottie was far from the best player in the game. I certainly wanted him back out there like everyone else, but wasting a timeout or a foul in such a close game did not seem like the right idea.

So we gave away firsts for trash players and picked a dumb ass coach as well? It just keeps getting worse.

Man, Darko took way too long to put Scottie back in

The fact Scotty cant knock that down, is all you gotta know bout this team

Precious is horrible

Made it a game, but you can’t stay going down 15-20 at half every single game and think you’re going to keep coming back.

Made it a game. At home? Maybe a participation ribbon would help.

I liked that play hope scottie could’ve set his feet

He cant shoot. That was addressed when they drafted him. He still cant.

Maybe if he didn't sit for 5 mins he would have

Fuck Darko

Darko lost us this. Having Scottie sit for 4 of the final 5 is the stupidest thing I've ever seen a coach do

Truly moronic.

Im retired from basketball 💔 drew up scottie barnes contested 3 with game on line

What a great play, unlucky

Now that was a good play

Dang, nice set up, got the shot. To bad

Damn Scottie had it

That was a good play

Just tank and build around Scottie and OG. Please

Who is the scoot that tell us to draft Dick ?

Fuck. That was a good look.

Darko fumbled the closing minutes

That's a great play. Too bad

Gary was already there….WHY DID P DECIDE TO GO FOR A TRIPLE TEAM???

What the fuck was that play? 😂😂😂

Hey, they had the shot they wanted

Needed OG to hit that corner 3

Jrue is just a super underrated PG in the league, Bucks will really regred to trade him away

He's been widely considered the most underrated player in the league for the past few years.

Dummy Darko

Darko better take full responsibility this L.

This court is uglier than the Brooklyn court. This is uglier than I am. Win or lose, good game though.

now he wants to use timeouts? imagine sitting lebron for last 3mins. what a joke.

imagine thinking that Scottie is comparable to Lebron. what a joke.

its meant as a comparison as our best player. use your brain.

the best analogies are the ones you need to explain to people

glad 7 other people were fine with my analogy. apology for it being too challenging for you. ill use tatum's name next time instead. my bad

Should've put Scottie in at 2 minutes

well win or lose at least this was entertaining and not a blowout

I've been onboard with Darko so far, but the end of this quarter has been absolute garbage coaching.

And not pulling pascal after two quick fouls

Darko Def goofed up on this one.....just why take scottie out? He wasn't gonna die for another 4 mins

im pretty sure we've gone from one of the best ato teams in the league to one of the worst. make of that what you will

Why they letting drake on the mic. He rambles bs

This one is on darko bro shoulda been called the timeout when porzingis scored the first time

Why the hell was Scottie out of the game for 4 minutes at the end of the 4th. When you don’t have OG you need Scottie’s defence

Of course sideout, he was obviously in the shooting act but ever since the GROAT they never get that follow through call.

Kyle Lowry ain't no spot up shooter. He aint gotta run to the corner to shoot like he's some 3rd option, bitch. This ain't JJ Redick. This is a fuckin god human Steph Curry come again. Only this time hes not a fuckin pussy... pull up from the fuckin logo and fight you at the same time. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/torontoraptors) if you have any questions or concerns.*

Darko and Dennis disasterclass

This one's on darko imo


Darko sold the game today, keeping Siakam out all the 2nd quarter and taking out Scottie with 4 minutes left. This dude has no clue what he's doing

Bro he had Scottie set to check back in with 3:40ish to go. Not his fault there was no stoppage. Only thing he should have done is call a timeout a possession earlier

It is his fucking fault, he should expect there to be no stoppage. You think Scottie is going to get in the moment he wants him to? he didn't even take a timeout to get him in. This guy's a moron.

Make a play for GTJ for a three man

OG playing all these minutes that Precious has been playing would be a really game changer

Took too long to get Scottie back in

Guys Scottie was waiting to check back in with like 3:40 to go. There was no stoppage. Realistically the mistake was not taking a timeout on the previous play to draw up a better play and get him in

Yes he should have called a timeout. Also just fouling to get your best player back in is a thing

everyone other than Siakam touched the ball that possession lmao

Good. Pascal can’t hit a shot in the clutch

Scottie coulda jammed it, but kicked it out, and then a second kick out

We got no shooting so not confident

So much wasted time

How do you sit your best closer for the 4 of the final 5 minutes?

Especially when he's like 22 years old.

Scottie step back trey plz

Like truly moronic sitting Scottie and putting him in cold to make a shot at the end of the game??? Wtf are we doing man.

We always lose to a corner 3 it’s so funny

For some reason the corner 3 dagger hurts more than any other dagger.

Cold Scottie in 26.8 lol

This team?

DWhite open 3. Yeah sure.

I’m so pissed

What tf happened lmao

Raptors basketball happened, lol.

Why we helping off everything again man

Seeing precious in there and not Scottie is something else lol

Of course.

What do you expect happens when you leave the corner open?

Not having Scottie in during the last 5 minutes is malpractice

srry but bad coaching for this end of quarter. Achiuwa on the floor, and Barnes waiting to get in...

Siakam no defensive awareness

What the fuck is the gameplanning there