Adam McQueen
TOR Raptors 103 Final Box Score 125 MIL Bucks C- P. Siakam26 MIN, 8 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 4-9 FG, 0-2 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -21 +/- I actually forgot Siakam was playing mid-way through this game. Fouls will do that to ya. Siakam has had a rollercoaster of…
The Toronto Raptors playoff experience doesn’t meddle with mildness. It is truly an all or nothing spectacle. Their series versus Philadelphia bounced between incredible highs and disappointing lows, they have either scorched from deep or laid a brick house of missed three-pointers. On Wednesday night, even the most stabilizing facet of the Raptors game —…
The adrenaline of Kawhi Leonard’s game 7 heroics have finally faded. Leonard himself said that he’d moved on from the glorious moment by the next day, though it took the rest of Raptorland a whole lot longer. (I probably still watched 15 times on Twitter this morning, weening myself off of the high.) So what…
With a little under five minutes remaining in the third quarter, Serge Ibaka set a screen for Kyle Lowry and rolled towards the basket. He was met firmly by Jimmy Butler and proceeded to seal him underneath the hoop, absorbing elbow blows to his midsection while beckoning for the ball. Lowry, standing just inches within…
PHI 76ers 90 Final Box Score 92 TOR Raptors B P. Siakam38 MIN, 11 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 4-11 FG, 0-2 3FG, 3-4 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, -6 +/- It wasn’t his greatest performance, but Siakam was a focal part of one of the most important moments of the game. His…
Let’s talk about Seinfeld. Better yet, let’s talk about one of the greatest episodes of the greatest television show, ‘The Bizarro Jerry’. Elaine stumbles into a new friend group, one that weirdly mirrors the trifecta of Jerry, George, and Kramer, but in inverse fashion. She enters a bizarro world in which everything is familiar yet…
Good morning Raptors Republic! I hope everybody enjoyed their one day of bathing in the glory of Kawhi Leonard’s otherworldly performance because now we are back firmly in sphincter-tightening season. Toronto have won back homecourt and are essentially competing in a best of three series now, but that means nothing if they slip up tonight…
“Soldiers… Don’t give yourselves to the unnatural men – machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts!” This is an excerpt of Charlie Chaplin’s famous speech in ‘The Great Dictator’, one of the greatest soliloquies…
Last year I had a university professor that lived for tricking his students. Maybe I should have just studied more – most likely the real moral of this story – but I had diligently gone through his study guide prior to his famously dreaded final exam. Once I sat down that fateful morning and turned…
The Toronto Raptors have made their bread this postseason by forcing turnovers and stymieing their opponent’s offensive flow with a heightened defensive tenacity. On Monday night, the shoe was firmly placed on the other foot as the Sixers jumped on Toronto early in a chippy 94-89 loss at Scotiabank Arena. The Raptors, who entered the…
For much of the regular season the top four teams in the Eastern Conference had separated themselves from the pack. Once the All-Star break came (and Victor Oladipo had suffered a gruesome injury) it was all but confirmed that their paths would eventually cross. After the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers brushed aside their young…
The dust has settled and now we can finally look ahead to a massive round two matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers. Both Toronto and Philadelphia cruised to comfortable victories on Tuesday night, sealing each of their series 3-1. This is a placeholder for the series schedule, which will come later tonight. Stay tuned and bask…