Four overtime periods in the last five games. All losses. That is what Toronto Raptors fans had to put up with. That is disheartening for any fan, let alone the players and coaching staff. The Raptors led for most of the game against the Orlando Magic tonight but lost the lead very late. J.J. Redick … Read more
The Toronto Raptors (15-26) begin a mini-two game road trip in Florida against the Miami Heat (26-12). After winning the 2012 NBA Championship last year, the Heat have been relatively quiet this season. They acquired Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis this past summer and have kept the winning going. LeBron James is a perennial MVP … Read more
What a week! The Toronto Raptors managed to get some sort of redemption with a big win this afternoon against the Los Angeles Lakers. After starting out the New Year strong, the Raptors week resulted in heartbreak after heartbreak. It seems like we took two steps forwards only to take three back. This sort of … Read more
The Toronto Raptors (14-26) hope to bounce back from Friday’s heartbreaking loss against another struggling team, the Los Angeles Lakers (17-22). This will be Steve Nash’s first and only visit to Toronto this year. Kid Canada is a favourite in Toronto and fans might recall Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo aggressively targeting Nash this past summer. … Read more
The Toronto Raptors (14-24) head home for this one and try to snap their two-game losing streak against the Chicago Bulls (21-15). The Air Canada Centre will play host to a defensively stifling Bulls team coached by Tom Thibodeau. After coming off a disappointing loss against the Brooklyn Nets the Raptors are now even more … Read more
The Toronto Raptors continued their losing ways in a difficult matchup against a hot Brooklyn Nets team. The Nets were heading into this game as winners of 6 in a row. This team seems to finding new chemistry under former Raptor assistant coach PJ Carlisemo. Instead of blowing a large lead, the Raptors managed to … Read more
The Toronto Raptors started the year quite poorly, however things have finally turned around for the team. Dwane Casey has returned to his defensive roots, and the team has climbed back into the Eastern Conference playoff picture. If the Raps continue their pace of winning around 75% of their remaining games, the playoffs will likely be in their future. … Read more
The Toronto Raptors (12-22) look to start another seasonal win streak, this time against divisional rivals Philadelphia 76ers (15-21) tonight at the Air Canada Centre. Coming off a tough loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder this past Sunday, look for the Raptors to come out blazing in this one. Alan Anderson was one of the … Read more
1st QUARTER The Toronto Raptors came out on a defensive tear against a sluggish Portland Trailblazers team who are coming off a victory last night against the New York Knicks. Jose Calderon was sharing the ball early picking up 5 assists in the first quarter. DeMar DeRozan and Ed Davis both finished the quarter with … Read more
Multiple times I mentioned the fact that the Toronto Raptors had a chance to go on a 5+ game winning streak, and fortunately, I was right. That’s 5 games for the Raps after their 93-90 win over the Orlando Magic. The Magic made it interesting, and for a while, this looked like another classic Raptors … Read more
