Last-Minute News, Rumours, Reports before Toronto Raptors vs Philadelphia 76ers Game
The Toronto Raptors visit Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, LeBron James and the 9-3 Philadelphia 76ers on the second night of a back to back, a night after blowing a late lead to the Boston Celtics. We break down how Boston got away 98-93, who is playing for both teams with Scottie Barnes and Kawhi Leonard hurt, how Philly built a roster around Jaylen Brown and LeBron, whether the Sixers’ 9-3 record is real, the keys to the game, RJ Barrett vs Jaylen Brown and VJ Edgecombe vs Ja’Kobe Walter, and what this game means for the Raptors in the Eastern Conference standings.
Who do you think wins this one, the Toronto Raptors or the Philadelphia 76ers? Tell us in the comments.
Chapters
0:00 Raptors vs 76ers preview: Toronto on a back to back in Philadelphia
0:43 How the Boston Celtics came back to beat the Raptors 98-93
2:46 Raptors vs Sixers injuries: Scottie Barnes, Kawhi Leonard, Joel Embiid
4:25 How the Sixers built this team: LeBron James and Jaylen Brown
6:47 Is the Philadelphia 76ers’ 9-3 start real? The margins say no
7:52 3 keys for the Raptors to beat Tyrese Maxey and the Sixers
9:51 RJ Barrett vs Jaylen Brown and VJ Edgecombe vs Ja’Kobe Walter
12:03 Raptors in the East standings: play-in line and the Knicks next
13:12 Raptors vs 76ers prediction: who wins in Philadelphia?
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Credits
Photos: Imagn Images and Reuters Connect
Stats: ESPN
On screen: Colin Cowherd (Fox Sports)
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Brutal start to the season, hard to watch at the moment.
we got to trade these two guys right now that are always making stupid plays and can't close, we need shooters closer!! and quickly and RJ Barrett is not it.
we are not making the playoffs forget about it 🤷😂
darko got to make more set plays for players to follow without that darko and the Raptors are nothing I would say clean house now darko,🔥 RJ Barrett and quickly don't forget about yac I can't watch them no more I'm tired of poor coaching decisions🔥
Tonight is an automatic loss. It’s evident that RJ and IQ are not reliable without Scottie, and there’s hardly any depth that can match with 76ers. This losing streak is seriously going to hurt the Raps in the standings.
RJ and Quick are average but not great
Man all these people asking for immediate trade, change in coaching staff. We get to deal with many injuries, young guys are stepping up and its nice to see. We dont know yet how this team is gonna perform when healthy as they're currently 2-0 with kawhi. Yall need to take a tchill pill
RJ is sure making it easier for the fanbase to accept him getting traded.
Free throw bricks and forcing dumb shots. At least IQ can sink free throws. I'll give him that and nothing else.
The team needs a true starting pg more than anything else. Shead is a great backup. Turn RJ and IQ into a starting pg asap.
It will make this roster work.
Is Scottie Barnes available to play tonight vs the 76ers? That can make the difference.
Raptors should maybe trade for Anthony Davis with RJ and IQ. We really need a huge gamble on a starting Center. Jak is definitely a backup with his weakness at directly countering lobs. And he's not winning his time when he's trying to use his feet effectively at hard countering his own cover. He could definitely focus on sticking harder to his own man and not switching for anything. Just glue on to this other center and don't let him move freely, we need Jakob to play the ground game with more intention to counter center play
If only Bobby traded for Brown instead of always injured Kawhi. We are nowhere near a contender. Why did we get up so much Kawhi it made no senses? 😅
Rumors, Rumours, Rumours, so many Rumours and the team's issues rarely ever get fixed by the Raptors FO for years. Once again, the back court for the Raptors needs a reset. I suggested a trade in a pervious video but, whatever decent trade is possible, the Raptors need to move on from RJ Barrett and IQ. Those two cost the Raptors this game. I went in thinking the Raptors were going to lose but held out hope from the 1st quarter. Right on cue, RJ and IQ blew plays, made bad decisions, and caused the team to sink towards a loss. Until a trade to reset the back court happens then nothing is going to change much and more losses are coming for Darko, the Raptors FO, and us Raptor fans. On a positive, it was a nice effort by many of the bench players today! Cheers!
RJ is no good if he doesn’t have Scottie or Kawai out there. If the best defender is on RJ he’s screwed. If he’s got the third best defender on him he normally does well
An a$$ kicking of epic proportions is scheduled tonight at the Scotiabank arena.
That horrible RJ was the main reason of our defeat
Brother Ben you gotta stop making excuses for RJ he really be forcing and doing to much. Instead of running back after a horrific attempt he just crying to refs. Just saying lol
Bro we are not a good team and l dont think scottie or leonard are soloution. We losing tonight…final.
Quicley is not a PG. Hes a SG and our blind coach cant see that…
Disgusting
I'm starting to question Darko now. He has always wasted coaches' challenges and it continues to hurt the team.
Plays coming out of time outs were questionable at best last night, especially the last 2 which basically lost the game.
RJ has some serious tunnel vision. It’s time to bench Quickly and let Shead develop as the starting point guard until we find a real solution. I’d much rather have consistent playmaking and defense than rely on Quickly to ruin our rhythm. Now as for Darko….too soft! Stop pampering these guys.
RJ and Quick tunnel vison, no team ball, passing to each other only. I dont get it, theyve been playing like this for 2 yrs now does the coaching staff mot bench them or atleast have conversations with them about playing winning ball and stop making dumb decisions when there r options? I went to the grizzlies game ive seen battle in the 3 point line open and waiting to shoot and RJ instead forced it to the rim while being bombarded and missed of course
Just a wild random prediction: Sixers win.
THIS IS THE T.O SPORTS FAN/MEDIA: Embarrassing.
One bad game from RJ – he sucks, no good. Need a trade. BW sucks too. Anytime a player has a bad game, a bad streak, or the team isn't a top 3 team in the league – T.O sports fans, say everything sucks. DAILY! The teams must win 10 before they lose 1, or there is no hope according to T.O sports fans/media – all season every part of the schedule, every year same thing. Players, and teams evaluated based on the common narrative, a single stat, or their record. Philly is 6-3, they are really good. Milwaukee is 1-7 they are really bad. Its that black and white. Dummee comments from baby minds.
Toronto sports fan and media are a like children trying to have an adult conversation. .
To be fair to IQ and RJ they had to take more defensive load HOWEVER i dont know why the hell Darko is hiding Graves. Brother scored 13 pts in 18 mins with 0 turnovers whilst being a solid help defender as well
I appreciate your optimism, but without Kawhi Leonard and Scotty B in the lineup, and with Emmanuel Quickly shooting as poorly as he is, the Raptors have no chance to win in Philly. And the fact that it's a back-to-back is irrelevant. Without those players in the lineup and the starting five shooting as poorly as they are, the only teams were gonna beat are the bottom feeders like Milwaukee. Unfortunately, we are playing top-tier teams that are in our actual division, which unfortunately it's going to screw up our record.
Why does it seem the Raptors are always injured?
I'm so tired of people blaming RJ for the team not having their f ing two stars playing.
It's obvious teams are doubling RJ. He had 7 ast last night.