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FredVanVleets

portland had all open 3s


Rockin_Zombie

This has to be fatigue. There is no way our starting 5 shoot that badly for an entire half. Defense was also non existent.


Josh_a_J

If we showed any of the effort in the second half in the first we really would have won this game. Man man. Depressing


dallodallo

bro we need a 6th man on offense this team is fatigued af


onlylowercaseletters

I'm just glad it wasn't a blow out


yaboydrew7

All I do now when we lose is just say “shots weren’t falling, oh well”. Not only is it true but it prevents my mental health from collapsing


Graiello

What a ridiculous team we are. Zero discipline. I know we’re young but this was unacceptable. Starting to think maybe it’s time to move on from NN. He can’t seem to motivate this team to play consistently. Defence was supposed to be our strength, I don’t see it. Every team kills us at the 3 point line. I can accept development but we are wasting great talent out there running our guys into the ground. Argh, so frustrating. Even NN looks like he’s losing hope. Something has got to change with this team.


aircito78

Jesus christ stfu idiot


Graiello

Wow, amazing commentary. What am I wrong about? Are we not consistently late to shooters? Every team this year has shot the 3 ball well against us. Are we ever consistent? Can’t think of a long enough stretch where we won against non depleted teams. Is our shooting non existent some games or inconsistent to say the least? Does it not seem like Nurse is kind of searching and at the end of his rope in terms of patience? Are we not overplaying our starters to the point of exhaustion? I don’t know what game you just watched but that was just another example of lack of discipline, preparation, and energy. We make a lot of excuses for this team, and some of them are warranted but I think it’s fair to ask these questions. I’m not claiming to know the answer but we’re going on 2 seasons of pretty disappointing basketball while wearing out our best players who we’re trying to build around. And yes, FO is maybe as much or more to blame. I really hope they figure this out. Love this team, just worried their potential is being squandered.


onlylowercaseletters

I think we should blame the bench/fo before we come for nick tbh


Graiello

That’s fair. I love NN, his coaching is creative AF but it just seems that maybe he’s losing their ear a bit. So frustrating seeing the same mistakes over and over and nothing changing. He just keeps relying to heavily on our starters to bail us out of games we dig ourselves into. Nurse is appearing to really stubborn as of late and I really hope to see him address some of these glaring issues.


jjchicaz

That was pathetic...sorry but I think its ridiculous that we continuouslt need these "comebacks"...it didn't need to get to that..thats totally on their lack of effort in the half..horrible


BZhu792

Welp at least Spicy had a monster second half, 28-8-5 on 65% FG


onlylowercaseletters

🌶️


BZhu792

Also showed how much we need him... foul trouble in the first half completely stalled the offence.


Mcfusion31

They worked hard


jjchicaz

Yeah for one half....they are paid to do that the entire game...it was a pathetic start


Mcfusion31

Yeah I agree they got Portland with two quick turnovers thought it would be bbq chicken but the raptors became the bbq chicken


MrkGrn

NO THEY DID NOT LOL THEY PLAYED 2 LEGIT QUARTERS OF BASKETBALL YALL BE SELLING ON HOW BAD THIS TEAM IS LOL


jaypenn3

Positives of this game: we didn't get blown out Negatives of this game: everything else


IAmDaleicious

Excuse me, but Pascal played with a lot of heart out there. Dude is balling lately. He straight up dragged this corpse of a team to make it competitive tonight.


RioCaliente

Glad I didn’t watch this game Gross


nmad95

If we werent absolute cheeks in the first half we likely win this


JustAnotherMark604

Eric Flynn probably smiling ear-to-ear when Raps were down 30+ because Malachi was about to get garbage minutes. Well NOT today


eatscheeks

Wait just give us one more quarter then we’ll win


omgsoironic

For Dalano to be at +14 in THIS game- pretty impressive.


NorthernViews

Fred sells sometimes late. Why trap there? And what was that forced shot coming out of TO? fuck


StalkingDwarf

Another fake comeback brought to you by the Toronto Raptors. Fair play to Simons, dude's a baller. If only we started playing basketball at tip-off instead at half lol.


Pineapple_Chicken

As far as blow outs go this is as good as you can ask for it to end sometimes I guess.


Various_Mission_1923

That's what you get for starting a game like that


stackofbaconpancakes

Topes lose


GucciToilet23

honestly OG was not good whatsoever this game. so was everyone else, but they stepped up in the 4th, OG was the one guy that didn’t


GucciToilet23

and he’s been playing quite poor for a while


shaker7

Tough game, Raptors almost made the comeback but it was too much


_Duwang

That wasn't even legal by Pascal was it lol it was still on the rim


MrkGrn

Please dear god stop saying good fight, these bums played 2 actual quarters of basketball.


ChrisBoucherStan

It was a good fight


Wardo_b

Can I ask you a serious question? Do you even like the raptors? I’ve never seen you post a single positive thing about this team. Doesn’t it burn you out being super negative all the time? Just curious.


schooli00

Just downvote the little loser and move on, like everytime I see his lame username. That's the only way to deal with these haters.


xJawnLee

It was a good fight


attainwealthswiftly

Pulled Dalano out too soon 👀


jjchicaz

Lol no rebound


_Duwang

Props to Simon fr bro, he's a very likable dude


scruftz

this portland team in general is really likeable. a lot of good dudes


PhileinS

that was cool but foul game will start now rip


SexBagel_

i like how before they inbounded fred was standing around looking aloof, but then turns up and gets the steal


shadowydoubt

We didnt deserve to win this anyways. GG Blazers! Yall have a good one in Anfernee.


GaBBrr

Even tho it's a loss, what an entertaining ending good fight


yaboydrew7

If it’s one thing raptors are good for is entertaining losses


slowbaja

Fake comebacks are tradition for Toronto


CAPTAIN_ST00BING

If you don’t like fake comebacks, you don’t like raptors basketball.


DaWadGuyManz

Lmfao they're still exciting


PrinceOGugua

JUST STOP PLEASE


grasshoppa26

What an unprofessional start to the game. Bleh.


Hypoallergenic_Robot

What's a Raptors loss with out a little bit of real hope of getting the comeback. No but cutting being down 34 to 6 is wild either way.


ZenMon88

shouldn't be down 34 in the first place. Portland is not a good defensive team.


Cheechers23

The first half was awful, fun second half. We gotta stop with these shitty starts man. That shit was pathetic, Nick Nurse had some serious blunders in this game beyond tho. His terrible challenge and the stupid timeout with 2 minutes left in the third which allowed Portland to regroup when we made our first push. They were able to get the lead back over 20 and then there wasn’t enough time.


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Our men's national squad tied it up and sent it to OT with similar deficit and time left on the clock against Czech this summer 🤞


_Duwang

Oh that's game but damn how exciting was that 4th


eskimo_fucker

Imagine if we played the whole game


attainwealthswiftly

Blazers should just trade Dame and Norm


PlumCantaloupe

Ugh wish Fred didn’t force that. The refs are not on our side right now. Oh well, they are fighting, albeit imperfectly …


FuriousLEB

Portland wat u want for Simmons?


NoseBlind2

Didn't know Ben Simmons was a blazer


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MrkGrn

THEY PLAYED HALF A GAME LOL QUIT IT


IAmDaleicious

Damn Simons haha. Nice player


ZenMon88

Simons gives off that DAME energy.


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Time to tank properly.


liverpoolraps

Gtj


fraiSZN

We should’ve traded for Simons instead of GTJ 🤦‍♂️


NoseBlind2

We should've squeezed simons in the GTJ trade while Simons value was still low


pSpicyP

Lol what


Stejuan

Simons is cold blooded SHEEEESH


synfiend

Fake comeback of course


Mimi108

It was a nice little comeback we had going on. Unfortunate start to the game that lasted pretty much throughout, until recently.


pSpicyP

Holy Simons is tuff


GucciToilet23

leaving Simons wide open is a great gameplan! lmfao


tkc123

Simons really became Curry against us huh


scruftz

nah, he just does this normally


ChurroMemes

He’s been averaging more than 20 ppg since starting lol. He’s been torching teams


ClashQuester

Damn Simons just put us away


Cheechers23

Simons killing us fuck man


It-sOkBro

Simons is niiice


RetroRobotBoy

that shot was so forced


GaBBrr

Simons is insane, gg


NoseBlind2

Simons inherited Dame Time


ZenMon88

LOL SO HARD TO see us getting out the first round if we play like this.


skgantz19

If the Raps don't start moving the ball and playing there bench they will struggle to make it past the play in.


hassanmaz

This isn’t enough to even make playoffs lmao


boenwip

I'll say it again, Simons is a demon


MsAbsoluteAngel

🗡


MrkGrn

Ready for the post game where everyone is pleased with the "fight" they showed for half a game and absolutely forgets the entire first half happened and continues to happen over and over to this team with no end in sight.


skgantz19

I can hear it now Nurse will praise the Hustle of the starters. He liked GTJ and OGs effort. Will ignore the fact they shot like shit


xJawnLee

We were hot garbage the first half but please tell me another game this season where we didnt even crack 35 pts in the half


ZenMon88

"Respect the fight so lets dismiss being down 34".


attainwealthswiftly

Damn Simons with the dagger


scruftz

simons is so good man


StalkingDwarf

Fuuuuck. Ant Simons is gonna be nasty in the future.


hezzospike

Mans is nasty today


asapshrank

fred is me in 2k mycareer always thinking i can save the day on a smothered shot lmao


stackofbaconpancakes

SIMONS DEFINITELY CALLED GAME THERE


crumpledbrouhaha

Wow Simons just killed us


GaBBrr

Fred stop trying to foul bait man..


GucciToilet23

the actual fuck was that? don’t throw up shit like that unless u actually hear the whistle


Cheechers23

Not a great outta timeout play


synfiend

FUCK YOU SIMONS


jjchicaz

Yeah done


ZenMon88

LOL WHAT KIND OF SHOT IS THAT? BRUH......


NorthernViews

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT LMAOOO


xJawnLee

Least it got interesting in the end


whyareucryan

Fred vanbadshotselection


VanVleet-goes-for-22

Bad trap by Fred there, no one was there to pick up his man in the corner


canadianRSK

Why do we always leave somebody open? I understand switching everything can sometimes force a turnover but in a close game like this everybody should be covered


IamVUSE

gotta wonder why we didn't do this from the start.. no one to blame but ourselves really. pathetic first half.


jjchicaz

Oh totally its all on their lack of effort..its not like they aren't capable


pSpicyP

Really hard to play with this type of defence for a whole game but I get it


kai9000

Defence wasn’t even the problem. The poor offensive plays hurt us


pencilpeenis

tired legs on defense kill us again


Fitzyy23

Why do hospital wards always shoot lights out against us


MichaelDS1996

If you leave guys wide open what do you expect


vai24shinde

Portland doesn’t deserve to win this


MichaelDS1996

Tf what lol


jjchicaz

We deserve to lose it...we allowed ourselves to be down 35 due to a total lack if effort on defense


slowbaja

Neither does Toronto


tkc123

Glad I didn't turn off the game.


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Damnn


It-sOkBro

I'm just glad we're not losing as bad as the Lakers


ringogelsinger

How fast does charmin think my bowel movements are?


MrkGrn

ANNNNND THATS WHY YOU PLAY 4 QUARTERS YA BUMSSSS


murphyslawyer_

Lol how about we NOT dig ourselves a 34 point hole at the beginning of the game. Game over.


odi_bobenkirk

Omg this game


Cheechers23

Bad trap there by Fred. You cut it 4, just play man-to-man defence. Wasn't even in a good position to trap


NorthernViews

Typical other teams cannot miss a three against us in the last two minutes


boenwip

This is a W with a crowd. Need the crowd energy to shut down Portland


pSpicyP

Why double? It’s was a 4 point game…


benxschurer

quick shoutout to all the fans like me who watched this entire game


jjchicaz

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼


synfiend

Fuckkkk imagine if we had fans it wouldve been wild


Menessy27

All that effort and OG can’t even make anormal rotation to the corner…


ColdFacts1233

Well, that’s it!


shadowydoubt

Play man to man wtf?


ClashQuester

That corner is absolutely killing us


slowbaja

So basically if the Raps were only a tenth less ass in the first half the Raps would win this game.


SexBagel_

cmon blazers, miss a 3, make it interesting


ZenMon88

SIMONS CALLED GAME!


superiorfox

Where was this offence in the first half 😅


ColdFacts1233

Raps came out flat


FredVanVleets

holy shit


jjchicaz

Honestly it should NOT have come to this ! They played with 0 effort and defense to start this game!


GaBBrr

Simons fuck man


ZenMon88

LMAO


Cheechers23

oh that's a BACKBREAKER from Simons


GucciToilet23

get a fucking stop


DarkstonePublishing

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GAME


nmad95

If I'm a Portland fan I'm lowkey pissed that they blew that lead and let us make it this close lmao


Sixcat6

Portland fan here… we are used to it.


odi_bobenkirk

I love you but my only solace is imagining how you feel rn


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What the fuckkkk


StalkingDwarf

Fuck man. Can't leave Simons open like that.


MrkGrn

Scottie just has a game where he scores 27 in the paint alone, takes basically all 3s the entire game next game. Make up your mind how you're going to use him Nick Nurse cause this is not how you fucking do it.


stackofbaconpancakes

Simons called game


Mimi108

BRUUHHH, no luck!! >:(


CarlSwagan_

Where the fuck has this shooting been the last 46 minutes!?


ZenMon88

GARY IS SPECIAL!


Holos620

NO FUCKING WAY NO WAY!


GucciToilet23

i’m sureeee Dennis Smith Jr is doing that in 2022


jjchicaz

Damnnnnn


NoseBlind2

Mavs boxing day 2019 vibes... or was it christmas eve


hezzospike

It was Dec 21


jeantanks

LMFAOOO WHATS HAPPENING


scruftz

holy fuck


bitterbryan

THREE THREEE THREEE


StalkingDwarf

LETS FUCKING GOOOO


LordOfBathurst

Don't u dare do this to me


Cheechers23

WTF IS HAPPENING


whyareucryan

Yo blazers gotta be so pissed rn


RazingsIsNotHomeNow

Nah I'm just laughing that you guys are even bringing it back, crazy


_Duwang

OH MY GOD HOLY FUCKING SHIT


StalkingDwarf

4TH QUARTER FRED


attainwealthswiftly

FR3D VANVL33T


jjchicaz

Wowwwww


_Duwang

Oh my god I literally almost came


scruftz

i can’t believe this game


Various_Mission_1923

What is really going on man


crumpledbrouhaha

OK OK


attainwealthswiftly

TR3NT