Scottie Barnes dominates in pre-season finale win versus Nets
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Raptors – 119 Nets – 114
Main Notes:
- The Raptors played completely healthy outside of Rookie Collin Murray-Boyles, who missed his second straight game with an elbow injury. Darko Rajakovic said that Murray-Boyles is day-to-day and they expect him to return in time for the season opener.
- The Raptors’ starters were the same.
- The Raptors blew a lead in the fourth quarter and still won.
Key Raptors Notes:
- Scottie Barnes dropped 31 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals and one block on 10 of 15 shooting from the field in 35 minutes tonight.
- Barnes scored more points in the paint (4) in the first quarter of this game than he did in the first 65 minutes of pre-season basketball he played.
- RJ Barrett was second on the team in scoring with 25 points and three made threes.
- Brandon Ingram made a few clutch shots in the fourth quarter and finished with 13 points, six assists, three steals, and one block in 34 minutes.
- Jakob Poeltl left the game with back stiffness but still finished with a double-double.
- Immanuel Quickley scored 18 points, added 10 assists, and knocked down five threes.
- Sandro Mamukelashvili added 10 points off the bench.
Nets Notes:
- Michael Porter Jr. led all scorers with 34 points on 20 shots, along with 10 rebounds. Porter knocked down 6 threes.
- Zhiare Williams added 20 minutes and four made threes.
- The Nets made an 18-point comeback in the fourth quarter.
Coming Up: The Raptors will play their season opener on Wednesday in Atlanta versus the Hawks,
For more analysis and to go more in-depth on why the Raptors won this game, how Barnes had a masterclass and more check out Esfandiar Baraheni’s game recap on the Raptors Republic YouTube page.
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