Raptors Fanbase Mood Journal for 2023-24

Game 64 — POR L OT 118-128 — Record: 23-41

At this point, it’s just the sickos watching… McDaniels cooked… Rexdale’s finest came to cook… Boucher laid it all out in meaningless tank game… The tank rolls on…
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Game 63 — PHO L 113-120 — Record: 23-40

Point God IQ one rebound away from triple double 21/9/18!!… Fans wanted Boucher, fans got Boucher… With exception of 1st quarter Grayson Allen going 7/8 from 3, it was a fairly even game… RJ with 23 and GTJ with a 30 piece… Ethical tank
SIDE NOTE: Ben Taylor hasn’t officiated an NBA game in weeks

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Game 62 — NOP L 98-139 — Record: 23-39

Around 5 o’clock this morning, checked on the status of Scottie and Poeltl. He was wearing a protection mitt that looked like a space glove. Jakob might have to put one on as well. I heard there was an accident at the Scotiabank Centre tonight. It’s no wonder, the Pelicans never rest, even in a blowout.
UPDATE: Scottie and Jakob both had surgery

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Game 61 — CHA W 111-106 — Record: 23-38

IQ and RJ holding the fort… Déjà vu Jakob out with hand injury mid-game… Ochai, Carton, Nwora, Dick getting some run… GTA by GTJ for the win!!

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Game 60 — GSW L 105-120 — Record: 22-38

2 losses at home against 2 teams on tail-end of B2B… Scottie out with hand injury mid-game… Raptors lose 2nd half without heart and soul of team… 3rd quarter meltdowns back on the menu…tank-a-play-in confusion continues.
UPDATE: [Scottie Barnes has sustained a fracture to the third metacarpal bone of his left hand and is out indefinitely.](https://tenor.com/en-CA/view/table-flip-furious-pissed-mad-angry-gif-4502191)

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Game 59 — DAL L 125-136 — Record: 22-37

IQ and RJ continue to shine in Raptors tenure… Bruce Brown enters the doghouse… Jak with great game after injury worries (almost 5×5 game)… competitive 1st half and the offence stalled in the 2nd… win some, lose some

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Game 58 — IND W 130-122 — Record: 22-36
# 🍕🍕🍕PIZZA PARTY PIZZA PARTY PIZZA PARTY🍕🍕🍕

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Game 57 — ATL W 123-121 — Record: 21-36

Defensive diligence delivers double W’s… Quickley and Barnes set tone of game early… Trent traps Trae to 11pts…Bench bringing ballsy effort 54pts… Gradey growing game by game… A big Agbaji outing with 14pts 4-5 3PT… Roomy restaurant reservations requested

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Game 56 — BKN W 121-93 — Record: 20-36

First win of the season against division rival… IQ & GTJr backcourt combine for 49pts… DJ Carton first NBA points… Franchise looks to be in good hands with BBQ

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⭒⭒⭒ALL STAR BREAK⭒⭒⭒

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Game 55 — IND L 125-127 — Record: 19-36

P returns to a sea of 43s… Scottie Barnes with nearly a triple D… Hard fought loss by the Killer B’s… RJ Barrett bullied the Pacers’ D…This is the kind of basketball we all want to see…

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Game 54 — SAS L 99-122 — Record: 19-35

Today, we played the Spurs and faced a new monster.
He looked like a Sasquatch without fur. He ate Raptors alive under the basket with block after block and dunk after dunk. When the game was a blowout, he was toying with them, tearing them limb from limb, playing with their guts before actually eating them. My skin itches…

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Game 53 — CLE L 95-119 — Record: 19-34

Agbagi and Captain Canada debut… Mandarin Buffet reservations cancelled… Scottie with a triple double and manages positive +/- in 24 point loss… Dickie looking [more confident](https://new.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/1anxby0/dick_with_the_reverse/)… Team effort not too bad for 5th game in 7 nights

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Game 52 — HOU W 107-104 — Record: 19-33

FVV returns to TO… RJ and IQ with solid games… Poeltl with Gasolian effort on Sengun… Overall great team effort to clinch the W… Only a 16-1 CLE stands between Darko and his pizza party… Post trade deadline mood seems cautiously optimistic with the exception of Scottie being the new target of criticism for some reason

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===TRADE DEADLINE===

**Welcome**: Ochai Agbaji, Kelly Olynyk

**Farewell**: Kira Lewis Jr, Otto Porter Jr, Dennis Schroder, Thad Young, Spencer Dinwiddie, 2024 FRP

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Game 51 — CHA W 123-117 — Record: 18-33

Road trip over, Raptors win Toilet Bowl in ‘gritty’ come back win after trailing all game… RJ Barrett has had a solid start as Raptor… Team basketball is back at least on the offensive end… Last game before the trade deadline…

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Game 50 — NOP L 100-138 — Record: 17-33

Gradey with career high 22pts… Lost by 38 but it never felt that close… McDaniels brought the garbage to garbage time… Props to all the true Raptor fans who made it to the end… Ouch… time to lease out the parade buses for the next few years

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Game 49 — OKC L 2OT 127-135 — Record: 17-32

RJ returns with great game… Gutsy defensive effort against best team in the West in double OT loss… The tank rolls on.. Surprising amount of toxicity towards Scottie leaking out from GDT…

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Game 48 — HOU L 106-135 — Record: 17-31

Quickley and Yak return… Quickley 25/1/6 in first game back… Serious tank game… Paint protection nonexistent… HOU 84 points in the paint… Fan-base mood: uhh not good…
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Game 47 — CHI W 118-107 — Record: 17-30

Thad retirement party plans put on permanent hiatus… Spruce Bruce and [Air Jordan Nwora](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/1af7bru/jordan_new_era_nwora_with_the_almost_poster/) making Pascal trade more bearable… Gary was on fire… So nice to see a win for a change
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Game 46 — ATL L 125-126 — Record: 16-30

RJ, IQ, and Yak missing… Nwora, Porter, [Dick and Scottie](https://new.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/1adjzi5/highlight_gradey_dick_being_blessed_by_scottie/) all played great… Lose by 1 on a put back dunk… The perfect competitive tank development tank game game… The absence of paint defenders is glaring

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Game 45 — LAC L 107-127 — Record: 16-29

Gradey looking better with impactful plays… RJ looking like the best Raptor again… Raptors staters:79pts — Luka:73pts… Team fought well in the 4th quarter but never got close to a competitive game

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Game 44 — MEM L 100-108 — Record: 16-28

Lost to very shorthanded MEM team… 1-7 without Jak… Post trade glow officially gone… Moved past MEM to 6th in lottery odds… RJ has been solid… Gary still in the outhouse… Scottie doing his best to keep the ship afloat on both ends of the court

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Game 43 — NYK L 100-126 — Record: 16-27

Rebuilding means some fun games and some really ugly games. Can’t get too upset… Precious revenge game… Gradey showing signs of life… Lowered expectations…. RJ proving he’s more and more legit with each passing game

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Game 42 — CHI L 110-116 — Record: 16-26

Fans sending Bruce to the penthouse and Gary to the outhouse… 3 point shooting dried up… Got bullied under the rim. Different game with Poelt… Scottie is going to be a monster!!!

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Game 41 — MIA W 121-97 — Record: 16-25

Finished 1st half of the season with a bang!… [Beautiful basketball in the first half](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNu58ud4sY), up 35 at half time!!… Kept a team to under 100 points!!!… No Pascal No Siakam No Problem… The mild BBQ era begins!!!!

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Game 40 — BOS L 96-105 — Record: 15-25

Strong defensive showing but 4/32 from three sealed it… 0-10 vs Atlantic Division… Poeltl we’ve taken you for granted… Feels like it’s been ages since we’ve had something to cheer about but [Scottie schooling Tatum](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/197qyvg/scottie_barnes_fries_tatums_nose_off/) was 😙🤌

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Game 39 — UTA L 113-145 — Record: 15-24

Post-trade glow may be fading… Losses piling up… Utah rebuild envy… Trade Pascal stonks rising again… Given up avg of 131pts over last 5 games… Defence looking to be a serious issue

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Game 38 — LAC L 120-126 — Record: 15-23

Moral victory… Good offence is more fun to watch than good defence… Raptors undefeated since the trade (3 wins, 2 conspiracies, 1 moral victory, 0 losses)… Jontay Porter looking promising… Thadgic looking spritely… Bring on the Denver killers Utah Jazz

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Game 37 — LAL+BEN TAYLOR L 132-133 — Record: 15-22

Fuck Ben Taylor… [Darko post-game presser is 🔥🔥🔥](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/1931u8o/full_press_conference_from_darko/)… Fuck Ben Taylor… This team is looking more exciting after every game!!!… Fuck Ben Taylors… 4th quarter 23-2 free throws in favour of Lakers?!?!… Fuck Ben Taylorss

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Game 36 — GSW W 133-118 — Record: 15-21

Canadians crush Curry’s complacent cohorts!… Maple Mamba with 37pts… Darko ball taking shape… We have depth!!… Pascal trade rumours continue… Keep him – trade him momentum is mixed

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Game 35 — SAC L 130-135 — Record: 14-21

Survived a 3pt barrage and kept playing, good fake comeback… Raptors exciting again… OG’s defence is missed… Siakam trade rumours have people frothing… Players’ pizza party promise perpetually postponed…again… L2M: Quickley fouled on last shot

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Game 34 — MEM W 116-111 — Record: 14-20

What team is this??… Feels like Rudy Gay trade 2.0… [IQ is quickly becoming a fan fav](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/18y2kye/over_the_river_and_through_the_woods_to/)… ‘Keep Pascal’ stonks at all time high… Schröder bringing it off the bench… [Do I smell cheese and pepperoni!?!](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/18y3448/the_raptors_on_friday_night/)

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Game 33 — CLE W 124-121 — Record: 13-20

Time to salt the parade route WE BACK!!!! New year, new team!… Extend Pascal!… Great game Yak!… Solid games from RJ and IQ too… Prayers up for Koloko we need some back up help at C

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Game 32 — DET L(generational) 127-129 — Record: 12-20

Goodbye OG,MF & PA. Hello IQ & RJ… It always has to be us doesn’t it?… DET 28 game streak snapped… Raptor fans need a hug

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Game 31 — BOS L 118-120 — Record: 12-19

Fanbase looking past this game to focus on our Superbowl Saturday… Another soft 1st quarter leads to another fake comeback… Fire Darko poll: Definitive NO!!!… Everyone Loves Scottie: Career high 7 threes for Raptors talisman… Frustrations rise on Yak trade… Everyone preferring to keep PS over OG at this point… Rawr bring on Detroit!!!!… sad Raptor noises

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Game 30 — WAS W 132-102 — Record: 12-18

Petition for Darko to change up starters succeeds. Gary in, Dennis to bench… Season of giving, 43 assists!… PG Scottie era starts now!!… Precious Achiuwa basketball terrorist!!!… Dennis and Otto are helping calm the 2nd unit!!!!… Real test comes Friday!!!!!

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Game 29 — UTA L 119-126 — Record: 11-18

Raptors hand Utah heartbreaking W, fallback from being ahead in 4th quarter to upset Jazz’s 2024 Draft Lottery hopes… Best tanking team in the league that’s trying not to tank… Defensive identity gone… Dark days for Darko… Fan frustration peaking but ceiling might be the sky… Time to hit the egg nog/reset button

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Game 28 — PHI L 111-121 — Record: 11-17

0-8 vs division rivals… Precious no bueno… Effort isn’t there fans,players,coaches all waiting for the shoe to drop…Yak comeback game… OG where are thou? Pascal top 5 Raptor in points, rebounds, and assists

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Game 27 — DEN L 104-113 — Record: 11-16

Scottie Stays… OG goes… Poeltl not fitting well… Trades need to happen… Questions about Darko’s line up management… Dennis the favourite child

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Game 26 — CHA W 114-99 — Record: 11-15 Disaster averted against Hornets 3rd stringers… Move over Scary Gary and Scary Terry, Scary Scottie has arrived… GTJ first career double-double (22/10/3/1,+25)… [Tonight’s MVP Canada Border Services Agency](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/18ky5h6/it_appears_miles_bridges_was_denied_entry_into/)

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Game 25 — ATL L 104-125 — Record: 10-15

Freethrow futility… Dubious defensive diligence… Pizza party postponed… Time to TNT this team

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Game 24 — ATL W 135-128 — Record: 10-14

[One of the best sequences of the season](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/18hyjww/this_sequence_jak_block_og_oh_my_thunderous_dunk/?utm_name=web3xcss)… 1 game closer to Darko Pizza Soiree… Bad offence conquers bad defence

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Game 23 — NYN L 130-136 — Record: 9-14

Suicide by Pokemon… Franchise is spiralling… Time to move on from this roster… Pöltl trade looking rough… What happened to our tenacious D? We’re 0-7 vs division rivals

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Game 22 — CHA L 116-119 — Record: 9-13

[🔥🌶️🔥 + SB4 ‼️x3 + 🦖🧨💥💥💥 + 😦😠😧☹️😫](https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/18e3tth/comment/kcl5zz8/?utm_name=web3xcss)

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Game 21 — MIA L 103-112 — Record: 9-12

No Bam, No Herro, No problem… Yak is trash… Precious not good at basketball… Dennis playing FVV’s shoot all the shots style… Pascal’s talents wasted on this team

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Game 20 — NYN L 106-119 — Record: 9-11

Down 15, 2:42 to go “Here Come The Raptors!”…Masai we need shooters…Trade Pascal again… Fire Bobby… Jack should retire!?!

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Game 19 — PHX W 112-105 — Record: 9-10

Someone explain this team… Airport trap game… Scottie and OG are dynamic defensive duo HIMs

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Game 18 — BKN L 103-115 — Record: 8-10

FT curse continues … Ugly shooting splits … Masai this roster construction …

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Game 17 — CLE L 102-105 — Record: 8-9

Sloppy game 25% 3PT and 69%FT… 3rd QT: Raptors 20pts / Max Strus : 20pts… OG locks down Spida… Final shot not Gary’s fault!!

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Game 16 — CHI W 121-108 — Record: 8-8

Salt of the Earth .500 baby!!! Prince OG PotG… IST confusion. Are we eliminated?! Playing for point differentials?… yup

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Game 15 — IND W 132-131 — Record: 7-8

Game of the Year… The Spice did flow… RAPTOR NATION rising… Pitchforks for Gary (missed FTs)

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Game 14 — ORL L 107-126 — Record: 6-8

The team lacks ‘dawgs’ … NN was not the problem… Masai, this roster ain’t it. Rebuild!! Tank team envy

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Game 13 — DET W 142-113 — Record: 6-7

Much needed laugher, G-bye Casey Curse, Hot4Scott not Fade4Cade

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Game 12 — BOS L 105-108 — Record: 5-7

Ice Capades. Darko, no timeout to get Scottie in?! Pascal’s a monster!!

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Game 11 — MIL L 112-128 — Record: 5-6

Ooof … Time to trade Siakam again … Masai bad… Precious bad

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Game 10 — WAS W 111-107 — Record: 5-5

This team sucks … fAkE cOmEbAcK? 22-1 run .. OMG Siakam is him!!!

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Game 09 — BOS L 94 – 117 — Record: 4-5

Why TF are the J’s still dunking in a 30pt blow-out?! Flush it and move on

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Game 08 — DAL+[BEN TAYLOR](https://streamable.com/jyi4q3) W 127-116 — Record: 4-4

W 127-116 Spicy Back! Gary’s Back! Back to .500! Back to Back Wins!!

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Game 07 — SAS W 123-116 OT — Record: 3-4

WTF is this ga… Scottie Barnes our Lord and Saviour!!! LFG!!!

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Game 06 — PHI L 99-114 — Record: 2-4

Schedule loss. LOVE Scottie. Pascal needs to be better. Let’s trade Gary!

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Game 05 — MIL W 130-111 — Record: 2-3

We Back! Plan the parade!

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Game 04 — POR L 91-99 — Record: 1-3

It wasn’t the coach, it’s the roster construction

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Game 03 — PHI L 107-114 — Record: 1-2

Time to trade Siakam

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Game 02 — CHI L 103-104 OT — Record: 1-1

WTF was that game? L2M: Caruso flop – IC(Incorrect Call) cost Raptors the game

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Game 01 — MIN W 97-94 — Record: 1-0

82-0 plan the parade

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Game 00 0-0 SAC/CNS/CHI/WAS WWWW

Optimistic Preseason

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