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William Lou: "I want to be here for the rest of my career, I don't ever want to leave. I don't have any problems openly saying that. "That's out of my control. I have done my part on the court this year, and I hope things work out that way." RJ Barrett speaking from the heart about wanting to be a Raptor forever

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William Lou: "I wanna be here the rest of my career." RJ Barrett on potential contract talks. He also repeated "I wanna be here" like 10 times in the answer

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Josh Lewenberg: Barrett on Barnes: “I think he shut up a lot of talk & I’m happy he was able to do that because, man, that’s a winning player. Just because he’s not a guy that comes out & tries to get 30 every night does not mean that he’s not one of the best basketball players in this league”

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Josh Lewenberg: Barrett: “We always believed we could play at this level. Obviously, this loss hurts, but I think it also shows the rest of the league, the rest of the world what we’re building here. When you see the Toronto Raptors, you’re gonna have a dog fight.”

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Danny Cunningham: The NBA’s Last 2 Minute Report had two incorrect non-calls on it in overtime. - A defensive three seconds should have been called on Collin Murray-Boyles at the 1:46 mark of overtime. - RJ Barrett took longer than five seconds to inbound the basketball at the 33.7 mark of overtime.

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In the locker room after, RJ Barrett said Rajaković didn’t call a play. In Barrett’s words, his coach was comfortable to “live or die” with Barnes and Barrett making the right basketball play. “Call me crazy, call me psychic, but I saw this one coming tonight,” Rajaković said. “(I was) talking to (the) assistant coaches before the game, and I was planning (after-timeout) plays for (the) end of the game to get RJ in those situations. And it’s surreal.” To be clear, this was not one of those plays. Barnes read the play, reacted, and Barrett did the only thing he could. “I make nothing the whole fourth quarter, (the) whole overtime,” Barrett said. Before the shot, he had gone just 2-for-12 since halftime, scoring just six points. “So for that shot to drop — yeah.”

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Oh No He Didn't: Lebron thanks RJ for the game winner lol "Haven't seen a shot in Toronto like that since Kawhi. Something about those rims. I'm happy"

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Josh Lewenberg: Darko said he envisioned RJ Barrett knocking down a big shot in this game. “Call me crazy, call me psychic, but I saw this one coming tonight… It’s surreal.” “I know it was (in the air for) half a second but it felt like an eternity”

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NBA on Prime: These replays of RJ Barrett's game winner 🔥

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Michael Grange: It's only Game 6 and 'just' the 1st round, and it took only one bounce. But RJ Barrett just hit the biggest 3 at Scotiabank since Kawhi needed four bounces to put the '19 Raps in the ECF. Huge moment for Mississauga Kid. Raps win 112-110 in OT, force G7 on Sunday in Cleveland.

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NBA: RJ BARRETT HITS THE GO-AHEAD 3 IN OT TO WIN IT FOR THE RAPTORS AND FORCE GAME 7 🚨 WHAT A SHOT WITH THE SEASON ON THE LINE 😲

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Keerthika Uthayakumar: Scottie Barnes & RJ Barrett combined to score or assist on 74 of the Raptors' 112 points in Game 6. Raptors will play a Game 7 for the first time since September 2020.

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In the first two games, James Harden carved up the Raptors’ defense with his pick-and-roll brilliance. In those contests, the Cavaliers had a 121.1 offensive rating in Harden’s minutes (the average offensive rating this postseason is 111.0). Credit to the Raptors, though, they weren’t just going to stand there and fall victim to Harden-ball. They used their defensive versatility to flip the script on him. In Game 1, the Raptors had RJ Barrett on Harden, Scottie Barnes on Evan Mobley, and Poeltl on Allen. Meanwhile, Game 4, those assignments were Barnes on Harden, Poeltl on Mobley, and Barrett on Allen. This adjustment is meaningful because Harden wants to go at Poeltl in pick-and-roll with Allen as his roll man, since Allen is a superior screener and finisher to Mobley.

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Josh Lewenberg: Barrett on the altercation with Harden: “I take everything as disrespect. Don’t walk over to our bench and pick the ball up. James Harden is a guy I have tremendous respect for… but who cares right now.”

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