Saturday, December 08, 2001 - TORONTO - After he finished answering questions from the media, Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel drifted down an Air Canada Centre hallway and stared lengthily at pictures on the wall. No more words were said. But the look of disappointment on Issel's face from the one that got away spoke volumes.

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The Nuggets fell 98-96 on Friday night in a roller-coaster overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors. Denver (7-12) has dropped three consecutive games - all during its four-game road trip - and has lost seven of its past eight games.

"You know, it's a game we had won," said Issel, whose Nuggets complete the road trip tonight (5:30 MST) at Cleveland. "We had it won in regulation. I knew when we went into overtime we'd have trouble."