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Toronto Raptors Media Availability | Postgame vs Denver Nuggets | March 6, 2023



Players and Head Coach Nick Nurse speak with the media following the Raptors 118-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday.

0:00 Scottie Barnes
3:52 Fred VanVleet
6:58 Nick Nurse

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31 Comments

  1. Not only did they make horrendous calls that were obvious. Denver broke the rule the NBA enacted to avoid Hak a shaq moments.
    Poetl was fouled away from the ball. This should have been called a technical foul on Denver

  2. Something has got to be done about the officiating. Honestly, Nick Nurse or someone in the front office HAS to bring this to the attention of Adam Silver. I know that Murray was doing well and we didn't get shots to go in but the officiating was ridiculous. It completely swung the momentum and gave Denver like 6 extra points

  3. Scottie's been waving his arms and acting astonished with the refs each time he gets touched. This is a physical game man. While the ejection was BS tonight, he made his choice to continue acting like a child and Foster took advantage of it. The way Scottie was beaking off while leaving the arena was weak man. I hope Scottie learns from this and works on his mental game, it cost us the game this time.

  4. Gotta give credit to the Raptors team for the solid effort they gave tonight from the very start. The game was theirs until the refs led by Scott Foster tried to sabotage it. It’s hard to maintain your mental toughness in those kind of situations but hold your head up, @Raptors.

  5. Scottie’s youth def showed tonight. I can understand arguing calls at certain points during a game, but no player should put themselves in a position where the ref can make the decision on weather or not to call a tech (and in this case an ejection), especially in the final seconds of a 1 possession game.

  6. Siakam has been horrible in this game with 8/18 and that’s because he is forcing shots and not sharing the ball. He needs to be efficient and take what the defense gives him or create for other rather then forcing. If he only moved the ball we or cut more we would not be complaining about the Refs.

    He needs to play relaxed and smart rather then hard on offense.

  7. Proud of my boys for battling. We know these refs names for a reason. Scott Foster, Mark Davis And Tony Brothers are the three worst. Anytime one of these officiates our game it’s gon lead to some turning point ending. And tonight was no different. Would we have won the game no one knows. But a loss opportunity was ripped away

  8. It's unfortunate we don't have a jackass on our team like Draymond Green or Ja Morant to instill fear and threaten the refs to prevent these bullshit rigged calls. I'm starting to see his rationale for carrying a gun around, he's like Cyrus from Trailer Park Boys. That ref definitely deserves to be slammed through the announcer table.

  9. Fred vv blew it with those two turnovers in clutch time . Scotties ejection didn’t help either

  10. We can't say we should have won when we allowed too many uncontested 3pt shots, forget about the last 4 minutes. Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr were torching us on the 3pt line.

  11. Blatant bias but the league will do NOTHING Should be fair someone should look into his finances 😉

  12. Well he said you guys are cheating bro…. The sad part is Barnes is right. Denver at home.. The nba needs them to keep winning Esp not letting the raptors beat them.

  13. Scott Foster needs to be investigated. Am not even joking about this. It was obvious – he made the calls to give Nuggets the advantage. Scottie got tossed out for nothing. We've seen guys do and say the most but NEVER get tossed out. This is some 💩 if you ask me! 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

  14. Buckwheat Barnes for the lost, yes! All that hype and he’s showing that he will only be a good role player.

  15. Cant lie, I can reason with Scott Foster with the ejection tbh. Scotties post game & Fosters comments after the game kinda eludes to Scottie mentioning something about the ref and cheating. It's only an assumption but if it's true, it makes sense as a ref to throw scottie out bc it shows that-that a serious comment and as a ref we try to ref a fair game.

    Scottie doesnt have bad mouth so for him to say something offensive isnt likely. Plus players dont get tossed after 1 tech, it takes two.

    I think this is a case of laying down the lay on a young player who's been a bit mouthy as of late. You teach him a lesson early so he stays in check. It's a regular season game, it doesnt mean all that much in the championship picture – raptors arent winning it all this year. Give a tech, learn his lesson, he'll show more respect down the line

  16. I agree that the officiating was really off but the mere fact you complain a lot makes you a running target by the REF. Concentrate on your game and learn to stop complaining so you can finish the game!

  17. Complete bullshit, the fact that not only did he not even received his first tech but immediately rejected, the foul call prior on jakob was atrocious. Scott Foster needs to take accountability and look up the NBA rules for what constitutes an immediate ejection. This was a crucial win for raps to take the 8th seed – furious raptor fan

  18. NBA-Need Better Accountability. Need to publish referee stats, Q and A the refs after the game, worst stats gets them bounced down to the G league.

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