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Game Day Preview: Toronto Raptors look to even series against Cavaliers in Game 4

The Toronto Raptors will try to even the Eastern Conference Finals at 2-2, with a win today in Game 4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers at 8:30 p.m. EST. After winning Game 3 by 15 points, the Raptors have a chance to continue their momentum in front of their home court, the Air Canada Centre. The … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Raptors surge past Cavaliers, take Game 3

The Toronto Raptors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, 99-84, where they now trail 2-1. Bismack Biyombo grabbed 26 rebounds, breaking the franchise record for most rebounds in a game (post-season and regular season) . The previous record holder? Bismack Biyombo with 25 rebounds last March. In these playoffs, DeMar DeRozan has performed well … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors prepare to fight for their lives

The thrill of being the Eastern Conference Finals is gone now, for the most part. The Toronto Raptors are here, and they have not been able to compete against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Being down 2-0 to a Cavaliers team who is yet to lose a postseason game is not an encouraging sight. Still. Raptors fans need to cling onto … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Raptors blown out in Game 2

The Toronto Raptors suffer another embarrassing loss, dropping Game 2 to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 108-89. The Raptors were off to a hot start in the first quarter, answering almost every basket Cleveland scored. They ended the first quarter trailing 30-28. But then, like in Game 1, the Cavaliers pulled away. Cleveland dominated the second quarter, scoring 32 points to … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors look to avenge game 1 embarassment

Tonight, the Toronto Raptors are out in Cleveland looking for revenge against the Cavaliers. Tuesday night, the Raps lost to the Cavs 115-84 in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Kyle Lowry disappeared and the bench was not present in game 1. However, DeMar DeRozan was still able to score 18 points and dish out 5 assists on … Read more

Toronto Raptors need Norman Powell on the court, not the bench

After the Toronto Raptors lost 115-84 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, it’s apparent that whatever they’re doing isn’t exactly working to their advantage. The Cavaliers ran them off the court by driving to the rim for highlight dunks, on their way to 56 points in the paint. The Raptors seemed tired … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Raptors embarrassed in game 1

Well… that was a rough welcome to the Eastern Conference Finals. After getting insulted by basically everyone in America, the Toronto Raptors didn’t really help their cause, getting blown out badly by the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 1 by a score of 115-84. Game 1s have never been kind to the Raptors, but this one was just flat out … Read more

Game day preview: Raptors looks to spoil Cavs’ party

It’s well documented at this point how the Toronto Raptors are heavy underdogs heading into their Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s easy to assume the Cavs will plow through the banged up Raptors and advance to the NBA Finals for the second straight year, but to do so would forget one essential element of this … Read more

Series Preview: Toronto Raptors vs Cleveland Cavaliers

For the first time in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors have reached the conference finals. The main goal this year was to advance past the first round. However, after advancing to the second round, expectations weren’t as clear. Well, here we are. Our precious Raptors are in the Eastern Conference Finals against the King, LeBron James. While … Read more

Post-Game Report Card: Raptors beat the Heat, advance to East finals

We made it Raptor fans. Exhale, celebrate, hug your friends & family tight because the Toronto Raptors are going to the Eastern Conference Finals. For some of you, you weren’t there for all the playoff let-downs and bitter disappointments. But the rest of you were and you know exactly how much this means to all … Read more