Overview
- Denver shot 56.7% from the field and won the boards 48-38, while Toronto shot 41.2% and went 10-for-42 from three.
- Brandon Ingram scored 19 points in his long-awaited Raptors debut, matching RJ Barrett’s 19 to lead Toronto.
- The result snapped Toronto’s 6-0 run at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena in previous Canada Series appearances.
- Rookie Collin Murray-Boyles logged 16 minutes with four points after rolling an ankle, as Jakob Poeltl sat with a sore back and Jonathan Mogbo started.
- Christian Braun paced Denver with 19 points, with Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic adding 17 each, and the teams now turn to preseason dates at the Kings for Toronto on Wednesday and at the Clippers for Denver on Sunday.