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2026-27 · Regular Season · Final

Toronto Raptors at Denver Nuggets

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · tip-off 9:00 PM ET

TOR 4–3@DEN 3–3 records going into the game NBA.com recap ↗

Win probability as a share of the court: TOR 55 percent, DEN 45 percent. TOR Raptors 55% proj. 115 · final 109 DEN Nuggets · home 45% proj. 112 · final 128
Each team's share of the floor is its pregame win probability. The line starts at midcourt and moves to the split.

Forecast and result

TeamProjectedFinalDifference
TOR Toronto Raptors 115 109 −6
DEN Denver Nuggets (home) 112 128 +16

Forecast: Toronto Raptors to win, 55% win probability, projected margin 3.

Inside the Forecast

How the inputs are built

No saved inputs are stored with this game's forecast.

The result against the forecast

2026-27 surprise games
45%
pregame chance the forecast gave DEN, the winner
the forecast favored TOR
22 pts
margin miss
forecast −3, actual +19 for DEN
41st
most surprising result of 2026-27
of 146 graded games so far
25th
largest margin miss of 2026-27
outcome surprise 0.81 nats

Surprise is measured against this model's forecast, not against what other observers expected. Outcome surprise is −ln(winner's pregame probability): 0.69 for a coin flip, 2.3 for a 10% winner.

Team box score

What happened in the game. These numbers are not used by the forecast, and they are not offered as the reason it missed.

Team statTORDEN
Final score109128
Field goals41–85 · 48.2%48–78 · 61.5%
Three-pointers12–34 · 35.3%9–23 · 39.1%
Free throws15–22 · 68.2%23–27 · 85.2%
Rebounds2936
Assists2935
Turnovers1515
Steals1011
Blocks11

Where the forecast differed from the result

MeasureForecastActualActual − forecast
Home margin (DEN)−3+19+22
Total points227237+10
TOR points115109−6
DEN points112128+16

Injury report

Official NBA injury report, 2026-11-04 17:30 ET (the latest stored report before the forecast was saved). Two-way and G League assignments are omitted. The model counts players listed Out or Doubtful; Questionable players are treated as available.

Toronto Raptors

  • Out Kawhi Leonard
  • Out Nate Bittle
  • Questionable Jakob Poeltl · Left Shoulder Bursitis

Denver Nuggets

  • Out Julian Strawther · Left Knee Sprain
  • Out Spencer Jones

Recent form before this game

Toronto Raptors

DateOpponentResult
Nov 2 at LAC W 125–118
Nov 1 at LAL L 125–131
Oct 30 vs ORL L 114–121
Oct 28 vs ORL W 129–99
Oct 25 at MIN L 94–117

Denver Nuggets

DateOpponentResult
Nov 2 vs POR L 110–118
Oct 30 at PHX W 127–120
Oct 28 at NOP W 104–91
Oct 26 vs GSW L 114–134
Oct 24 vs NOP W 141–135

Previous meetings

DateMatchupScore
Mar 20 2025-26 TOR at DEN TOR 115 – 121 DEN
Dec 31 2025-26 DEN at TOR DEN 106 – 103 TOR
Nov 4 2024-25 TOR at DEN TOR 119 – 121 DEN
Oct 28 2024-25 DEN at TOR DEN 127 – 125 TOR
Mar 11 2023-24 TOR at DEN TOR 119 – 125 DEN