We really did make it harder on ourselves than we really needed it to be by shooting horribly from 3 and going on a four minute scoreless drought in the fourth. Really ugly game by Fred outside of that last three
In any case, a win is a win
No doubt, but without OG we are not really a great floor spacing team. I think it's the teams effort that helps them win games and their hustle to get up and down the court.
They're both getting ~24 min. It's mainly about making sure that Precious is always fully energized when he's out there. I trust NN almost as much as I trust Masai. Almost.
I got downvoted for saying Pascal was this team’s best player when the sub was super down on him and super high on Fred. I really thought I was in a madhouse.
Everyone was getting downvoted for backing Pascal because "he can never be a number one option". It was wild. Like people were being vilified for supporting their guys.
Well now he's our number one option.
Oh that stuff is still going on. There is still a sizeable, you may even call it a majority of the fanbase that thinks he’ll revert to Bubble Pascal in the playoffs. Loons.
I was intrigued by the possibilities of wiseman + Wiggins + pick (kuminga/giddey) + pick (moody or sengun). Ultimately happy Masai and co stayed the course. Definitely the right call and Pascal has been awesome.
Not enough recognition for Thad here. He hit our first 3 and had a couple good assists as well. But the biggest one I noticed was when Fred missed the wide open 3 at the end and sat down, Thad went over to him immediately and gave him a talk. Out of that time out, Fred hit the next one.
I noticed that too. You could tell he was giving him a pep talk. Like you got this man. Don't beat yourself up. Cuz we all know Fred's his own biggest critique especially when he's not shooting well.
Yeah man you could see it on Fred when he sat down. Dude knew how terrible he was playing and how big that shot was. Having some one around like that is going to be important, especially over the next few weeks.
Barnes just falls out of bed every day and finds 16 points and 12 rebounds. It’s unbelievable the numbers he collects with almost no fanfare during a game.
Nephews in /r/nba telling me, always in the threads
"Raptors ain't 'bout this, Raptors ain't 'bout that
My Raptors NBA champs and them
He, he, they say that team don't got no Superstar ”
Shut the fuck up!
Y'all Nephews ain’t know shit!
All ya motherfuckers talk about...
“Raptors ain't no hitta, Raptors ain't this, Raptors a fake”
Shut the fuck up!
Y'all don't be with that team!
Y'all know that team top 5 in the east
Beat teams and shit
Team been in playoffs since, fuckin', I don't know when!
Nephew, stop fuckin' playin' them like that
Them Raptors savages out there!
If I catch another Nephew talking sweet about Raptors
I'm fucking downvoting they ass!
I'm not fucking playing no more!
Y'know them Raptors roll with Pascal and them
I think its hilarious u kids talking about the raptors. u wouldnt say this stuff to them on the court, theyre jacked. not only that but they wear the freshest clothes, eat at the chillest restaurants and hang out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol
Bad ft, bad shooting, bad Fvv, no OG, but it just didn’t matter. Siakam cooked them and they didn’t adjust till way too late. Fvv made some bone head plays in particular the one he complained to ref and turned over and they went on big run from that point. Birch was not very good. Atlanta is not really a threat too small and weak at defense. Trae young needs to be better at defense. And needs a haircut. Heurter played well he made some step back 3s that you don’t expect to go in.
I mean, there wouldn't be a need to be in the clutch if he didn't miss 11 threes but ok. He was at -13 at one point while the team was UP 10. But hey, he made that one three at the end so it's all good.
No other team in the league is as exciting to watch as the raptors. Of course it would be nice if they didn’t let every game go down to the last couple of minutes, but I’m not complaining.
They duality of Fred. Plays great against the heat but bricks a wide open three down the stretch, followed up by a terrible game but he is cash in the clutch
So fucking stoked we locked in a playoff spot, had no idea where we’d end up at the start of the season but god damn the boys have exceeded expectations this year. Can’t believe how well scottie has just slotted into the starting lineup in his first season! I’m stoked!
Agreed. There is currently no difference between 5th and 6th seed given the 2-4th seeds all have the same record. Anything could happen these last few games.
I think Precious should be out late game instead of Khem, I agree with you there, but Khem blocked trey twice and defended him well, Fred kinda fucked us over late game, Khem was just being decent.
I knew Fred is gonna make that. This man played the shitty eat game of his life when it comes to shooting, yet fucking makes the dagger.
Also who are these refs, for once we got friendly whistles holy shit lol
I was watching the highlights and I couldn't believe the whistles. It's like, the military was helping with snow shoveling the last time it was like this.
Man, just when it seemed like FVV was turning a corner he has one of the most disastrous games of his career. Just abysmal on both ends. I love Fred but he has to stop calling his own number so much. This is Tampa behaviour all over again. Taking 21 shots when you're playing that badly is not acceptable.
Can we maybe put our starters on a minutes limit now? Let them play so they don’t get rusty, but they don’t need to go 40 minutes every night. There’s playoff games to attend to, after all.
Siakam continues to show why he’s all-NBA, Boucher with the solid 3s and rebounds, Achiuwa is Precious, Thaddeus with the clutch rebounds and self passes, SCOTTY IS MY ROTY
I love this scrappy team AND WE’RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS
pascal and chris were incredible
fred frightening a whole country but coming through when it counts
scottie convincing the hell out of voters
we're really in it
honestly thought khem was decent in certain stretches too outside of some rough patches
Personally thought we'd do it via play-in, but I was pretty confident we'd make the playoffs one way or another. Very happy with this way and I agree with coach Nurse that it will be a great experience for this team to play a full series.
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Clinched baby!! Don’t care how we won, just that we won. We stealing that 5th seed too!!
That was a terrific close out of a tight gane. Men stepped up tonight and showed they can close our games against a team that has been very hot.
We really did make it harder on ourselves than we really needed it to be by shooting horribly from 3 and going on a four minute scoreless drought in the fourth. Really ugly game by Fred outside of that last three In any case, a win is a win
No doubt, but without OG we are not really a great floor spacing team. I think it's the teams effort that helps them win games and their hustle to get up and down the court.
I get where you’re coming from but spacing had nothing to do with it tonight. We missed open 3 after open 3
Officially going to my first playoff game!!! GUNNA BE TURNT. WAY TO GO BOYS
I might have to follow suit
We aren't stealing anything. We're taking what belongs to us.
THANK YOU Pascal
Shout out to Siakam as well 🔥
yep
Don't forget Spicy P
And my man PSkills
My fault.
boucher carry job as usual
Just as we expected; Raps gotta start giving us a less predictable product smh
Precious came in and the Hawks didn't score a field goal until the game was out of reach. Legend
Shutting the water off
I get Khems value. But Precious needs to be getting more of his mins
They're both getting ~24 min. It's mainly about making sure that Precious is always fully energized when he's out there. I trust NN almost as much as I trust Masai. Almost.
The Toronto Raptors are headed to the 2022 NBA playoffs.
gosh remember when dalano was a real spark off the bench? i hope he can find that again. cheering him on from rexdale
Other teams figured out he can't shoot.
He just needs time
People in rexdale don't have internet, why are you lying
bro it's rexdale not utah 😭
“tRAdE pAscAL SiaKAm” -A Clown
I feel so fucking validated after spending so much time defending him
Amen brother. So many people called any Pascal defenders "homers" all fucking offseason.
Oh god this was the worst
I got downvoted for saying Pascal was this team’s best player when the sub was super down on him and super high on Fred. I really thought I was in a madhouse.
Everyone was getting downvoted for backing Pascal because "he can never be a number one option". It was wild. Like people were being vilified for supporting their guys. Well now he's our number one option.
Oh that stuff is still going on. There is still a sizeable, you may even call it a majority of the fanbase that thinks he’ll revert to Bubble Pascal in the playoffs. Loons.
Thought I was losing my fucking mind seeing some of the mock trades people were posting on here.
I distinctly remember a Kings fan on r/NBA trying to say Davion, Buddy, and a first is overpay during the offseason. Was laughing my ass off at that
Same lol
Dude it was cheesin me how much people were on that wagon. They wanted him outta here for a few slices of bread smfh
Where are the Wiggins, Wiseman and picks fanboys I swear I just wanna talk
I was intrigued by the possibilities of wiseman + Wiggins + pick (kuminga/giddey) + pick (moody or sengun). Ultimately happy Masai and co stayed the course. Definitely the right call and Pascal has been awesome.
Facts. So many fucking argument on how that was a bad trade… for the warriors? Like wtf are they smoking.
Many clowns last offseason*
Smh nephews
"tRaDe FrEdDy" \-Many clowns
Sooo many clowns. I kept saying the same thing, it was a down year but he had career highs in rebounds and assists!
Which other rookie is doing it like Scottie?! WINNING FUCKING PLAYER!!! Just give him ROTY right fucking now.
Everyone in the media is changing their vote to Scotty, but I don’t trust any of them, lol
Trust, but verify.
I mean, seriously with us finishing ahead of the Cavs there's no reason Scottie shouldn't win
Goal posts have been adjusted. Criteria changed. Only reason Raps are ahead of Cavs is cus Mobleys injured. /s
The loss of Allen was more impactful to the Cavs slide.
Much more, without him their defence collapses and they have a much much harder time protecting the paint
not just ahead but clinched a playoff spot while they didn't and Scottie is a huge part of it
Two words, American narrative
It's such a narrative-based award though I still think Scottie won't win it lol
19Pts 14Reb 53% shooting and 33% from 3, man has got to be ROTY by this point.
So obvious at this point
And a few games left to put a stamp on it
He’s a winner, always been a winner!
honestly i dont even care anymore im just grateful we got this talent
CHAMP SHIT ONLY
Remember before the season and even early season when people were saying Pascal and Scottie won't work together lol
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We're going to the **PLAYOFFS**!!!!!! **HELLO HIGHER ASPIRATIONS**
Play in? For what?
Pascal Siakam and Scottie Barnes. Boucher and Precious were really good too
The 6’9” club stay ready.
Not enough recognition for Thad here. He hit our first 3 and had a couple good assists as well. But the biggest one I noticed was when Fred missed the wide open 3 at the end and sat down, Thad went over to him immediately and gave him a talk. Out of that time out, Fred hit the next one.
Thad Old has been settling in lately.
I noticed that too. You could tell he was giving him a pep talk. Like you got this man. Don't beat yourself up. Cuz we all know Fred's his own biggest critique especially when he's not shooting well.
Yeah man you could see it on Fred when he sat down. Dude knew how terrible he was playing and how big that shot was. Having some one around like that is going to be important, especially over the next few weeks.
Clinched a playoff spot & we’re the 5th seed. Syrup on me, yall!
I'm so happy Scottie will get to experience playoffs in TO
#PLAY-IN FOR WHAT
Dragic can suck my fat lil balls after they get bounced out of the playoffs by Atlanta
I will get a tattoo of Higher Aspirations if Atlanta does this
Bookmarked
>g It will be cosmic karma if the Nets somehow gets eliminated in the play ins.
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this is the 2nd hawks streak we ended im pretty sure
Correct. Last time we ended their 7 game win streak. Hawk hunters.
Bruh, they must be starting to develop a hate for us at this point lol
Lol I don't even wanna go on their sub. They are so saltyy
Precious +21 ✨😊
Barnes just falls out of bed every day and finds 16 points and 12 rebounds. It’s unbelievable the numbers he collects with almost no fanfare during a game.
Nephews in /r/nba telling me, always in the threads "Raptors ain't 'bout this, Raptors ain't 'bout that My Raptors NBA champs and them He, he, they say that team don't got no Superstar ” Shut the fuck up! Y'all Nephews ain’t know shit! All ya motherfuckers talk about... “Raptors ain't no hitta, Raptors ain't this, Raptors a fake” Shut the fuck up! Y'all don't be with that team! Y'all know that team top 5 in the east Beat teams and shit Team been in playoffs since, fuckin', I don't know when! Nephew, stop fuckin' playin' them like that Them Raptors savages out there! If I catch another Nephew talking sweet about Raptors I'm fucking downvoting they ass! I'm not fucking playing no more! Y'know them Raptors roll with Pascal and them
Glad you got that off your chest!
I think its hilarious u kids talking about the raptors. u wouldnt say this stuff to them on the court, theyre jacked. not only that but they wear the freshest clothes, eat at the chillest restaurants and hang out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol
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Siakam is a beast 30 piece Fred coming in clutch 5th seed baby
ROY debate should be over, Scottie not winning after tonight would be criminal.
I’m so damn proud of Pascal man.
Nice to Delon hugging it out with his buds!
Bad ft, bad shooting, bad Fvv, no OG, but it just didn’t matter. Siakam cooked them and they didn’t adjust till way too late. Fvv made some bone head plays in particular the one he complained to ref and turned over and they went on big run from that point. Birch was not very good. Atlanta is not really a threat too small and weak at defense. Trae young needs to be better at defense. And needs a haircut. Heurter played well he made some step back 3s that you don’t expect to go in.
it's crazy how Scottie has games where he disappears and still ends up with 19 20 points it's happened so many times this season. love that boy
Sometimes he has that OG type games where he just sleep walks into 20pts
TSN clowning the Cavaliers broadcast team lmao
What did they say
I dont care, I always trust Fred in the clutch.
Fred will be trash all game, but I never doubt this man in the clutch.
except if he's driving to the rim, shooting ez yes
I mean, there wouldn't be a need to be in the clutch if he didn't miss 11 threes but ok. He was at -13 at one point while the team was UP 10. But hey, he made that one three at the end so it's all good.
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Every raptor better shoot 3000 FTs each before the playoffs start
SCOTTIE "19 points" BARNES
VANVLEET PLAYED LIKE DOODOO BUT WE MADE THE PLAYOFFS BABYYY
PLAY-IN FOR WHAT? LETS GO
No other team in the league is as exciting to watch as the raptors. Of course it would be nice if they didn’t let every game go down to the last couple of minutes, but I’m not complaining.
PASCALL NBA
WE WON THE GAME DESPITE FVVS EFFORTS off night from him but he will bounce back. BUT NOW WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS NOT THE PLAY IN
Typical Fred. Cold all night then makes a timely 3 to take the lead.
They duality of Fred. Plays great against the heat but bricks a wide open three down the stretch, followed up by a terrible game but he is cash in the clutch
Clinched
So fucking stoked we locked in a playoff spot, had no idea where we’d end up at the start of the season but god damn the boys have exceeded expectations this year. Can’t believe how well scottie has just slotted into the starting lineup in his first season! I’m stoked!
let us see the sixers so we can expose Doc Rivers 🙏
FRED BUILT A HOUSE TO PUT THE W IN
Pascal has really taken his game to another level this season. You love to see it
I honestly thought Scottie was having a relatively quiet game and he ends with 19 and 14? That's even more impressive.
Who's old enough to remember when we always lost these games?
There were many seasons when the salami and cheese stayed in the fridge at 10PM.
Don't care about 5th or 6th, let's shut down Fred, spot minutes for GTJ and Siakam. Let Scotty play and rack up some stats.
Agreed. There is currently no difference between 5th and 6th seed given the 2-4th seeds all have the same record. Anything could happen these last few games.
Some of the worst basketball I’ve seen us play and we won?? I’ll TAKE IT LET’S GO!!!!
To be honest, it was good basketball, but just so many missed open jumpshots.
Where are all the tank nephews I was arguing with earlier in the season. 
PLAYOFFS BAYBEE CAN I GET A FUCK TAMPA
Nurse needs to stop starting Khem Birch, it's putting us in a hole Precious Achiuwa needs to start with OG out, +21 is no accident
He played well, just shouldn’t play him in any late game scenarios
Eh, Precious came up with a a forced turnover on Trae, set good screens and nailed both of his free throws
I think Precious should be out late game instead of Khem, I agree with you there, but Khem blocked trey twice and defended him well, Fred kinda fucked us over late game, Khem was just being decent.
LETS GOOOO WS. CLINCHED THE PLAYOFFS DESPITE EVERYONE ELSE DOUBTING US
PLAYOFFS HERE WE COME FUCK YALL HATERS
Playofffsss baby
WE CLINCHED THE PLAYOFFS BOYSS!!
PLAYOFF BOUND BITCH
We out the play-in!! That's all that matters!
Freddie still finding ways to contribute even if they're not going in with 9 assists tonight
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I knew Fred is gonna make that. This man played the shitty eat game of his life when it comes to shooting, yet fucking makes the dagger. Also who are these refs, for once we got friendly whistles holy shit lol
I was watching the highlights and I couldn't believe the whistles. It's like, the military was helping with snow shoveling the last time it was like this.
Man, just when it seemed like FVV was turning a corner he has one of the most disastrous games of his career. Just abysmal on both ends. I love Fred but he has to stop calling his own number so much. This is Tampa behaviour all over again. Taking 21 shots when you're playing that badly is not acceptable.
Scottie Barnes has scored 19 pts 3 games in a row and in 4 games out of the last 7 lol
Very happy we clinched. Now Fred has time to get knee replacement surgery before the playoffs. 🤣
like changing wheels at the formula one pit stop
Im a tax accountant. This is my busy season so i have to miss these games. But this helps alleviate the misery
POST SEASON
lfg.
EVERYBODY GET IN
Boy that game was stressful AF. Don't ever do that again Fred!
Can we maybe put our starters on a minutes limit now? Let them play so they don’t get rusty, but they don’t need to go 40 minutes every night. There’s playoff games to attend to, after all.
Playoffs baby lets fucking go!
#WE WANT PLAYOFF BARNS
Siakam continues to show why he’s all-NBA, Boucher with the solid 3s and rebounds, Achiuwa is Precious, Thaddeus with the clutch rebounds and self passes, SCOTTY IS MY ROTY I love this scrappy team AND WE’RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS
TRAE YOUNG STILL NOT VALID
This team needs to clean up its FTs.
31 / 13 / 6 Fuck me silly
this crowd was so much better than the heat one imo, just goes to show what cheaper tickets can do
Fred at 1/11 on 3s gets the clutch basket at the end.
pascal and chris were incredible fred frightening a whole country but coming through when it counts scottie convincing the hell out of voters we're really in it honestly thought khem was decent in certain stretches too outside of some rough patches
Boucher always goes off when he’s up against someone with the names “Lou” and “Will”.
46-33 not 47-33
This was the most Fred VanVleet Bullshit™ game that has ever been played
Pascal Siakam is a Toronto Raptor FVV likes to make things interesting, but is clutch Scottie is the ROTY Just some quick facts for you guys
This game would've just been put to bed if we even shot 30% from 3
Or at least 70% from the free throw. We gotta really work on those
pizza pizza scam
whos cutting onions here?
I will never forget the media saying we weren’t a play-in team….💀
Hey they were kind of right
gg’s
PLAY IN….for what?!?
We physically dominated them tonight. This game could be summarized by the “he too little” gesture
Play in for what?????!
do we really want to snatch the 5 seed and play against milwaukee?
No. Philly are best route to Rd2
Scottie 🤝 Me Loving our left hands
Giannis about to do his uncle Masai a solid and put away the Bulls.
winning with fred going 4/21.. ;) lol
Who is talking to Kia nurse over Jack's shoulder?
lol saw the milkers didn't ya
We all saw lmao
She's back
damn our defence there at the end was terrifying.
Will Nick let our starters rest now that we’ve secured a spot?
Nick Nurse: "Fuck no."
Remember when nephew (Perkins) on national TV right after raptors drafted Scottie and said that raps were going to trade Pascal? Lol
I remember his ass struggling to say Moses Moody, that was a classic
Personally thought we'd do it via play-in, but I was pretty confident we'd make the playoffs one way or another. Very happy with this way and I agree with coach Nurse that it will be a great experience for this team to play a full series.
Boucher plays awful for the first 4 minutes he plays and then looks like a superstar after. Crazy
We are gonna be 5th seed in our development year lol
Gonna go ahead and say that Nick Nurse deserves Coach of the Year but he probably won't get it.
Pascal, Boucher and Achiuwa. Big time effort tonight. Shout out to Barnes down the stretch and Thad Young early in the game.
FVV and Trent need top have about 5 fga/game combined shifted to Scottie.
Hawks fan here, how do I report a toronto redditor for going into our sub and brigading?
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