As they have been closing in on a win Monday evening, the Toronto Raptors took a giant blow when Scottie Barnes was pressured to depart the sport within the closing minutes of the fourth quarter.

Barnes took an elbow to the attention from Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic whereas battling for an offensive rebound and stayed down on the court docket as play went the opposite manner. Barnes instantly subbed out and went to the locker room after the subsequent whistle.

The Raptors introduced that Barnes wouldn’t return initially of additional time.

Barnes had been stuffing the scoresheet as Toronto broke out to a lead over the Nuggets, recording 21 factors, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 steals and one block.

Getting into Monday’s contest, the 23-year-old was averaging 18.7 factors, 6.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists on 45.5 per cent taking pictures over three video games.