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Game Day Preview: Toronto Raptors look to keep rolling against the Bucks

After an impressive win against the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night, the Toronto Raptors return to action. Tonight the Raptors will go head to head with the Milwaukee Bucks for the second time this season. The Raptors came away victorious in their first meeting facing a largely undermanned Bucks team who were not playing up … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Raptors come close to ending Warriors’ streak

The Toronto Raptors fall to Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, 109-112. Curry led all scorers with 44 points on 14-24 shooting, handing the Raptors their second straight loss. Once again the Raptors started the game allowing their opponent to catch fire early, as the Warriors shot 52 percent from the field scoring 32 … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors look to get back on track vs Hawks

The Toronto Raptors are hoping to bounce back tonight against the Atlanta Hawks, after dropping a close one against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. The Raptors (11-7) are once again without Jonas Valanciunas in the lineup, however, there’s another possibility of seeing Lucas “Bebe” Noguiera on the floor very much like Sunday night. With … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Suns high octane offence too much for Raptors to handle

The Toronto Raptors knew they were gonna be in for a tough matchup against the Phoenix Suns after an emotional buzzer beater win in Washington last night. The Suns were riding a 4-game losing streak heading into tonight’s game against the Raptors. No matter who’s suiting up for the Suns, their system never changes – so … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Joseph buzzer beater lifts Raptors over Wizards

In the same stadium that last season came to an end the Toronto Raptors faced off against the Washington Wizards. The two teams met in the Eastern Conference play-offs with Washington running out 4-0 winners. Tonight it was a Raptors team with the momentum of a three game win streak against the ailing Wizards who … Read more

Luis Scola’s Calming Effect

So far, the Toronto Raptors are 10-6, with big time wins over some of the Western Conference’s elites, and recently a huge win over LeBron James‘ Cleveland Cavaliers. Yes, the all-star back-court of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan has been exceptional, prior to the injury, Jonas Valanciunas arguably usurped title of best centre in the East, … Read more

James Johnson frustrated with the Toronto Raptors

NBA players have been notorious for their cryptic, or not so cryptic tweets. Sometimes they’re aimed towards other players and sometimes towards team management. Last night the Toronto Raptors came away with a huge 103-99 victory against the Eastern conference leading Cleveland Cavaliers last night. Everything seemed just great until one understandably disgruntled Raptors’ player … Read more

Surviving the Jonas Valanciunas injury

The Toronto Raptors will have a significant piece missing for an extended period of time. Prized center Jonas Valanciunas will be out for approximately 6 weeks after breaking a finger in his non-shooting hand. JV has averaged 12.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game on an efficient 55.6% shooting. This was achieved in just 27.3 minutes per game – … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Raptors hold on for win against Clippers

The Toronto Raptors finished a 5 game Western Conference road trip with their second straight win, taking down the LA Clippers 91-80. At halftime the Raptors led by 29 points, having outscored the Clippers 30-11 in the second quarter. The third quarter saw LA storm back as the Raptors offence struggled to put up points … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Toronto Raptors choke again, drop 3rd straight game to Jazz

Wow. Another tough loss to swallow as a Raptors fan. Sluggish start, third quarter rally – only to crumble when it all really counts…in the fourth quarter. However, DeMar DeRozan did THIS! As expected the Toronto Raptors would get off to a sluggish start against the Utah Jazz after losing in a tightly contested matchup against … Read more