After a heartwarming win over the Phoenix Suns, the Toronto Raptors won’t have the opportunity to run back the same starting lineup tonight. On the other side, though, the Denver Nuggets have issues of their own.
The big news coming into tonight’s second night of a back-to-back is that the Raptors will be without Fred VanVleet, who will sit out for maintenance on his recent knee injury.
Nick Nurse said in pre-game comments that the Raptors aren’t holding VanVleet out of back-to-backs at large, but taking it on a case-by-case basis.