The Toronto Raptors In-Season Tournament schedule has been released.
The Raptors are in Group C and are set to play the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic in the round-robin stage.
Toronto’s In-Season Tournament schedule will officially begin on Nov. 17 against the Celtics.
Nov. 17: Raptors vs. Celtics, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT
Nov. 21: Raptors at Magic, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT
Nov. 24: Raptors vs. Bulls, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT
Nov. 28: Raptors at Nets, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT
The Raptors have their work cut out for them in their first game against the new-look Celtics. The Celtics are the favourites to win the NBA In-Season Tournament, per NBA on ESPN.
The Raptors play their second NBA Cup game in Orlando. The Magic are going to be better this season with reigning Rookie of the Year Paolo Banchero leading the way.
The Raptors then welcome DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls to town. The Bulls eliminated the Raptors from the 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament.
The Raptors In-Season Tournament schedule concludes in Brooklyn against the Nets. The Nets traded away their stars last season, but still managed to show a lot of promise.
The winner of the group will advance to the quarterfinals as will the best two second-place teams from the groups.
The knockout rounds will include the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game.
The quarterfinals will begin on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5. The semifinals are in Las Vegas on Dec. 7, and the championship game is in Vegas as well on Dec. 9.
Every tournament game will count as a regular-season game in the standings for all of the teams, except for the championship game. Every player on the championship-winning team will get $500,000 in prize money.
Raptors group play schedule
The Raptors have a reasonable group play schedule.
Their first game against the Celtics is tough. However, the Magic, Bulls and Nets are all winnable games.
This will be a good opportunity for the young players on this team like Gradey Dick and Scottie Barnes to perform in some big moments early on in the season.
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