For the second year in a row, the Toronto Raptors have locked down the top seed through the round robin portion of Las Vegas Summer League. The Raptors went 3-0 with a pair of nail-biter wins and one blowout victory, securing the tiebreaker with the most “system quarter points” (quarters won, basically).
The top seed earns Toronto a bye through to Thursday (10 pm ET, NBA TV/TSN GO), where they’ll play the winner of today’s game between Portland and Chicago. After that point, the tournament becomes single-loss elimination, so the Raptors are assured at least two more games but could be done as soon as Friday despite the strong start.
Here’s how things will shake out for the Raptors:
Thursday, 10pm – vs. winner of Por/Chi
If LOSE – Friday, 1030pm – vs loser of Cle/(LA/Phi)
Final game
If WIN – Saturday, 4pm – TBD
If lose – eliminated
If win – Sunday, 6pm
If win again – Monday, 10pm
(Just as a small programming note, I might be a bit scarce around here the next couple days. Something’s come up.)
