Toronto welcomes the defending champions to Scotiabank Arena as Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets look to continue their title defense.
Denver has won 4 of its last 5 games as they kick off a 3-games-in-4-nights pre-Christmas road trip.
The Toronto Raptors have won 3 of the last 4 home meetings with the Nuggets, although the loss is probably more memorable. Trailing 110-109 with 12 seconds remaining, Fred VanVleet missed a 3-pointer. OG Anunoby corralled the offensive rebound and tried to lay in the game-winner....only to be blocked by Jokic as time expired.
Toronto’s last game against the Nuggets was equally heartbreaking as Scottie Barnes was (questionably) ejected from the game with 28 seconds remaining and the Raptors trailing by 1.