The Raptors 905 hosted the Denver Nuggets’ affiliate team, Grand Rapids Drive, for a two-game series, letting the visitors leave the border with a split. It should have been a sweep for the home team, as the Drive came to Mississauga missing their top two scorers, Hunter Tyson and Jalen Pickett. Instead, the Raptors 905 let the Nuggets’ Two-Way player Collin Gillespie pick them apart, especially in the fourth, to steal the first game, 115-109. Coach Eric Khoury and the 905ers exacted revenge the next game, out-executing the Drive AND limiting Gillespie the entire game, winning a 110-107 thriller to even their series to 1-1.
Dial 905: Looking back at the Grand Rapids Drive series and Javon Freeman-Liberty’s case for a call-up
