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Game Day Preview: Toronto Raptors look for season sweep vs Spurs

  The Toronto Raptors (51-24) look to end their back-to-back with a win against the San Antonio Spurs (63-12) at the AT&T Center. In their last last meeting at the Air Canada Centre, the Raptors came through with a 97-94 victory after six players scored in double figures. They’ll be looking for the same result … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors look to test their might against the Spurs

(Photo: Tom Szczerbowski, USA TODAY Sports) The Toronto Raptors look to keep momentum going after a convincing victory over Los Angeles Lakers. In a game that was more about Kobe’s goodbye to Canada than anything else, the Raptors (13-9) used a big fourth quarter to lift them to a 102-93 win. This time, on a … Read more

The Toronto Raptors’ Roster Versatility

With the NBA off-season nearing its end, the Toronto Raptors roster is pretty much summed up, with Masai Ujiri making the last couple deals by signing younger players to fill out the training camp roster. From the acquisitions Ujiri made, the Raptors’ roster has now been shaped differently. Along with the starting line-up, there’s additional bench … Read more

Are the Toronto Raptors showing interest in Monty Williams?

Monty Williams has experience working under one of the greatest coaches in NBA history, Greg Popovich, and was part of the 2005 championship San Antonio Spurs team. Now before we dub him the next Mike Budenholzer, it is important to note he was only a coaching intern during his time with the Spurs. Since Monty has … Read more

Terrence Ross: The Toronto Raptors “It” factor

Very recently Paul Pierce spouted off saying that the Toronto Raptors are a playoff team he is not concerned with. In his words, “they don’t have that ‘it’ factor” that intimidates other opponents. Many Raptor faithful know Pierce as the man who dashed last year’s playoff hopes with a controversial game ending block on Kyle … Read more

Game Day Preview: Toronto Raptors face Spurs, try to end 5-game winning streak

The Toronto Raptors run into the red hot San Antonio Spurs tonight who are currently on a 5-game winning streak. The last time the Raptors(38-25) played the Spurs (39-23) they squeaked away with a victory over the reigning NBA Champions using solid defence and playing great basketball. Lately the Raptors haven’t been playing very well (losers … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors to take on Eastern Conference best Hawks

The Toronto Raptors end the longest All-Star break in NBA history, and start it off with a challenge against the Eastern conference’s best Atlanta Hawks. The Raptors (36-17) went into the break on an excellent note, beating three of the league’s best it has to offer. On the other hand, the Hawks (43-11) are off … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors look to sweep season series vs. Wizards

Tonight the Toronto Raptors are back in action against the Washington Wizards. After defeating the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, the Raptors (35-17) hope to continue their winning ways into the All-Star break. If the Raptors get a victory tonight they’d sweep the season series with the Wizards (33-20) who sit only 2.5 games behind … Read more

Post Game Report: The Raptors grind out the defending champion Spurs

The Toronto Raptors, playing with a playoff-like mentality were able to just edge out the battle tested (and fully healthy) San Antonio Spurs 87-82 on their home court. It’s funny what one player can do to change the fortunes of a team. Especially when it’s the same guy who not too long ago inexplicably spent entire … Read more

Game day: Raptors take on champion Spurs

It’s game day in the snowy city as the Toronto Raptors are set to take on the reigning champion San Antonio Spurs at 7:00 pm EST.  The Raptors (34-17) get their first look at the men in black this season and are fresh off a historic victory versus the Los Angeles Clippers. In that contest, Toronto became the first team … Read more