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Game Day Preview: Raps Try to Even Up Series Against Wizards at Home

Well, it’s official. If you were tired of the moral victories to begin the season, be weary, because a lot more are about to come. This is regardless of the Toronto Raptors winning any game from here on in. Tonight the Raptors play the Washington Wizards who have beat the Raptors the last two times … Read more

Post Game Report Card: The Toronto Raptors Blow A Lead Yet Again

Tom Szczerbowski – USA TODAY Sports The Toronto Raptors blow yet another lead to the Detroit Pistons, as the lose by 10, 108-98 Monday evening. With this loss, the Toronto Raptors have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, which quite frankly isn’t a surprise. Jose Calderon‘s return to the ACC was a successful one for … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors Attempt to Win Season Series vs. the Knicks

Last night, the Toronto Raptors (26-43) failed to make it three wins in a row against the New York Knicks (41-26). After dropping Friday’s game at home the Raptors have fallen to 3-10 against Atlantic division rivals, with two of those wins against the Knicks. Tonight the Raptors head into New York for the second game … Read more

Game Day Preview: Toronto Raptors Look To Take The Season Series Over The Bobcats

Coming off a tough loss to the Miami Heat, the Toronto Raptors (26-41) look to bounce back against the Charlotte Bobcats (15-52), as they hope to take the season series. Toronto won last week’s bout 92-78, as they were lead by Rudy Gay, with 28 points on an efficient 11-16 shooting, and Amir Johnson adding … Read more

Let My People Go: The Raptor Rookies

Lets face it people, the playoffs are no longer real for the Toronto Raptors. Even the extreme optimists out there, who refuse to lose hope until the Raptors are mathematically eliminated, understand this fact. Blowing this last stretch of games where the Raps could’ve easily gained ground on the 8th seed removed any hope of … Read more

Evaluating The Rest Of The Toronto Raptors’ Season

No draft pick. No playoffs. Ouch. 25-40 is good enough for the ninth seed in the Eastern conference (at the time of the writing of this article) and that is exactly where the Toronto Raptors currently sit, unfortunately. Raptors fans were hoping for a late season playoff push with the acquisition of Rudy Gay on … Read more

Toronto Raptors Weekly Rap: Average Is The New Awesome

This past week was fairly average, but the Toronto Raptors would definitely take a .500 record over nothing. Starting off with an entertaining game – unfortunately a loss – you were able to see some of the bests of Andrea Bargnani – likely his best game all season – and Rudy Gay against the Golden … Read more

Post Game Report Card: Raptors Not Able To Come Out Of L.A With A Series Sweep

After a terrific performance in a blow out win over the Phoenix Suns Wednesday night, the Toronto Raptors weren’t able to get over the hump against the Los Angeles Lakers Friday night on the road. This was a high scoring affair, 118-116, it finished off with 5 extra minutes of overtime. This game was very entertaining, while … Read more

Game Day Preview: Raptors Hoping to Get Back on the Right Track Against the Warriors

Well it looks like the Raptors can count out any dreams of the post-season by losing four straight games heading into tonight’s matchup. Although they are not mathematically eliminated, things are looking pretty bleak. The Toronto Raptors head out West to face the exciting Golden State Warriors to continue their four game road trip which started off with … Read more