Game ID: 22300092
Philadelphia 76ers @ Toronto Raptors
Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 36 23 20 28 107PHI 27 29 35 23 114
PHI @ TOR ScoutingPHI @ TOR Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
TOR availability going into 10/25 · season opener
full strength
TOR availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's rest
full strength
TOR availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Young missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Temple missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
TOR availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Young missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Temple missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
TOR availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Freeman-Liberty missed 2 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Young missed 4 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 4 since 10/25, returns tonight: 16 min (134% of 12)
OUT Temple missed 4 since 10/25, returns tonight: 3 min (25% of 11)
TOR availability going into 11/02 · back-to-backOUT Freeman-Liberty missed 3 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Achiuwa missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Young missed 5 since 10/25, returns tonight: 2 min (16% of 15)
BACK Porter Jr. back 11/01 after 4, 16 min since (134% of 12)
BACK Temple back 11/01 after 4, 3 min since (25% of 11)
TOR availability going into 11/05 · 2 days' restOUT Freeman-Liberty missed 4 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Achiuwa missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Young back 11/02 after 5, 2 min since (16% of 15)
BACK Porter Jr. back 11/01 after 4, 16 min since (134% of 12)
BACK Temple back 11/01 after 4, 3 min since (24% of 11)
PHI availability going into 10/26 · season opener
full strength
PHI availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's rest
full strength
PHI availability going into 10/29 · back-to-backOUT Bamba missed 2 since 10/26, returns tonight: 2 min (12% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/02 · 3 days' restBACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (12% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/04 · 1 day's restBACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 1 min since (10% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Morris Sr. missed 2 since 11/02, returns tonight: 6 min (38% of 17)
OUT House Jr. missed 2 since 11/02, returns tonight: 7 min (45% of 15)
BACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (13% of 13)
10/25 vs MIN 97-94 — TOR notes
TOR won 97-94. TOR shot 40% (36 of 90) to MIN's 34%, 14 of 35 from three, and got to the line 16 times to MIN's 22. The glass went 47-62 against them. Schröder led with 22 (8 of 17, 4 of 8 from three); Anunoby added 20, Barnes 17. The hinge was Q4, 24-20: TOR came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 3.
10/27 @ CHI 103-104 — TOR notes
TOR lost 103-104 in 1 overtime. TOR shot 46% (39 of 84) to CHI's 37%, 9 of 36 from three. TOR turned it over 21 times to CHI's 16, and CHI turned those into 10 steals. Barnes led with 22 (9 of 14); Siakam added 18, Trent Jr. 16. Q3 was theirs, 33-23, turning a 7-point deficit into a 3-point lead, but the other 4 periods went 81-70 against them. They led by as many as 17. McDaniels's -25 in 18 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/28 vs PHI 107-114 — TOR notes
TOR lost 107-114. TOR shot 44% (38 of 87) to PHI's 50%, 17 of 32 from three. Barnes led with 24 (11 of 16, 2 of 5 from three); Trent Jr. added 17, Dick 16. Q1 was theirs, 36-27, but the other 3 periods went 87-71 against them. They led by as many as 12. Poeltl's -19 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/05 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 121, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 20 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 21 and Vassell at 19 a game. 2 days' rest. Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 108, shooting 47 percent and 34 from three, 18 free throws a game; Barnes at 22 and Siakam at 17 a game. Without Freeman-Liberty (4 straight), Achiuwa (3 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the defense, Toronto allowing 108 a night to San Antonio's 121 and the glass, where Toronto has been plus-2 a night and San Antonio minus-3. Call it San Antonio 113, Toronto 112, Toronto keeping it close.
10/26 @ MIL 117-118 — PHI notes
PHI lost 117-118. PHI shot 51% (41 of 80) to MIL's 51%, 16 of 35 from three, and got to the line 28 times to MIL's 36. Maxey led with 31 (10 of 22, 3 of 8 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Oubre Jr. added 27, Embiid 24. Q3 was theirs, 31-25, the deficit cut from 9 to 3, but the other 3 periods went 93-86 against them. Harris's -14 in 37 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/28 @ TOR 114-107 — PHI notes
PHI won 114-107. PHI shot 50% (43 of 86) to TOR's 44%, 10 of 28 from three. Maxey led with 34 (12 of 20, 7 of 9 from three); Embiid added 34, Oubre Jr. 18. The hinge was Q3, 35-20: PHI came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 12. PHI trailed 56-59 at the half and won the second half 58-48. Maxey was the night's best plus/minus at +10.
11/06 vs WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 104, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 26 free throws a game; Embiid at 29 and Maxey at 26 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Morris Sr. (2 straight), House Jr. (2 straight). One day's rest. Washington comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 125, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 22 free throws a game; Kuzma at 23 and Poole at 18 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. 2 days' rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the defense, Philadelphia allowing 104 a night to Washington's 125 and the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-4 a night and Washington minus-9. Call it Philadelphia 122, Washington 109, Philadelphia by 13.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORCB C. Boucher
DS D. Schröder
GD G. Dick
GT G. Trent Jr.
JP J. Poeltl
MF M. Flynn
PA P. Achiuwa
PS P. Siakam
SB S. Barnes
SC Schroder
PHIDG D. Green
DH D. House Jr.
DM D. Melton
JE J. Embiid
KO K. Oubre Jr.
PB P. Beverley
PR P. Reed
PT P. Tucker
TH T. Harris
TM T. Maxey
TOR/PHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Embiid and Maxey each score 34, 76ers beat Raptors 114-107 to give Nurse first win
TORONTO -- — Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey each scored 34 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 114-107 on Saturday night to give new coach Nick Nurse his first win against his former team.
Kelly Oubre Jr . scored 18 points and Tobias Harris had 15 as the 76ers won their fourth straight over the Raptors.
“(Oubre) said before the game, ‘We’re going to win this one for Coach,’” Maxey said. “That’s what we went out there and did. It was crazy ironic that we were playing (Toronto) and it’s his first win. Congratulations to him, many more to come.”
Toronto fired Nurse in April after five seasons as head coach.
“I would say that I wasn’t maybe ready for coming back this quick,” Nurse said. “It felt way stranger than I thought it was going to feel.”
Nurse led Toronto to the NBA championship in 2019 and was voted NBA Coach of the Year in 2020. Fans rose for a brief standing ovation when Nurse was honored with a video tribute during a first-quarter timeout.
Nurse said the Raptors also gave him several framed photos and other mementos from his decade with the team. Nurse was an assistant to Dwane Casey for five seasons before landing the top job.
The 76ers again played without guard James Harden . Hoping to be traded, the 2018 MVP arrived late to training camp and said before the season that his fractured relationship with team president Daryl Morey couldn’t be repaired.
Harden also did not travel with the team for Thursday’s season-opening loss at Milwaukee.
Maxey didn’t take a shot in the first quarter but finished 7 for 9 from 3-point range. The rest of the Sixers went 3 for 19 behind the arc.
“It seemed like he had 30 points every time we played them when I was coaching against him, so it’s nice to see him continue that with me around,” Nurse said of Maxey. “He’s really amazing.”
Scottie Barnes scored 24 points, Gary Trent Jr. had 17 and rookie Gradey Dick scored 16 points for the Raptors.
Dennis Schroder had 15 points and 10 assists, and Pascal Siakam added 11 points. Toronto lost for the second straight day after winning its season opener on Wednesday.
The Raptors played without forward O.G. Anunoby , who sat because of muscle cramps. Anunoby left in the fourth quarter of Friday’s overtime loss at Chicago because of cramps in his right leg. Trent started in his place.
Raptors forward Precious Achiuwa left after 18 minutes because of a tight left groin.
Five players connected from deep as the Raptors shot 7 for 7 from 3-point range in the first quarter to lead 36-27. Toronto scored 35 points in the first half at Chicago on Friday.
“We picked it up,” Nurse said. “Second, third and fourth quarter we played much more solid.”
Maxey scored 15 points in the second but the Raptors were ahead 59-56 at halftime.
Philadelphia reclaimed the lead by scoring 15 of the first 17 points of the second half, including six from Embiid.
“We just did not have the juice that stretch there,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said of his team’s play in the third.
The 76ers took a 91-79 lead to the fourth.
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