The Toronto Raptors found out four hours before game time on Sunday that they’d be able to return to action in Cleveland against the Cavaliers.
Nurse says Raptors only cleared protocols at 2pm today to be 100% certain they'd have enough players to play today.
Confirms that Bulls game was postponed because two potential replacement guys tested positive.
— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) December 26, 2021
The Raptors have the minimum four regulars available: Yuta Watanabe, Chris Boucher, Dalano Banton and Svi Mykhailiuk. Toronto has a league-high 10 players in health and safety protocols heading into the game at 6 p.m. ET on Sportsnet.
Nurse expecting get some players back from health-and-safety protocols after tonight. Will play Cavs with minimum eight players: four regular roster and four hardship signees. Watanabe, Svi, Boucher and Banton are the roster players. Raptors have a league-high 10 in protocols.
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) December 26, 2021
The Raptors have signed Juwan Morgan, DJ Wilson, Tremont Waters and Daniel Oturu to 10-day hardship contracts to give them the minimum eight players.
It marks Toronto’s first game since a win over Golden State on Dec. 18. The Raptors’ last two games have been postponed.
The Raptors are scheduled to host the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.
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