The Raptors had an emotional start to their season — and that can be hard to navigate as a young team. Tonight's game against the Celtics should provide the perfect opportunity to reset and improve. (loung_s)
Playing a regular season game in the friendly confines of Scotiabank Arena for the first time in 600 days, there was a real electricity in the building.Wednesday. “It was a playoff atmosphere in there for sure for Game 1, which is, other than the ring ceremony, that was like 1A, 1B. It was pretty close.”
“I think it’s pretty natural that they don’t feel like they performed very well, and that’s certainly with them coming into today,” said Raptors head coach Nick Nurse after the team practiced Thursday. “It was a fairly heavy film session -- lengthy and long -- and, obviously, showing both positives and teaching moments.
“I think we’ve gotta try to teach it,” said Nurse of how his young players can go about managing their emotions. “So the next time that we feel like one of those moments are coming on we’ll be a little bit more prepared for it or we’ll have a better game plan for it.” One game is a drop in the bucket in the context of a full season, and with Wednesday’s contest being the very first of the season there’s plenty of time for improvement.
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