Though they’ve recently brought most of their roster back together, the Toronto Raptors are running out of time to make any playoff aspirations a reality. Two games back of the Wizards in the ten seed with just ten games left in the regular season, the next three games may be the breaking point during a tough finish to Toronto’s schedule.
Tonight, they get the Nuggets, who are missing the presence of Jamal Murray after a season-ending injury, but still present plenty of firepower with MVP front-runner Nikola Jokic and burgeoning star Michael Porter Jr. Denver seems pretty well locked into the four seed in the West, but would probably still prefer to move up and avoid the Lakers in the first round.