Anthony Doyle
With the Raptors schedule having ramped up over recent weeks, it almost never feels like there’s really time to just stop and appreciate the season that’s happening. It’s too easy to get caught up in what went wrong in the last game, what they have to correct for the next one, and the races, first…
Oklahoma City 132 Final Box Score 125 Toronto D S. Ibaka29 MIN, 7 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 2-11 FG, 1-3 3FG, 2-2 FT, 0 BLK, 4 TO, -23 +/- Awful game for Serge, there’s really no way around it. He forced his offense and took over for stretches without having any success,…
Dallas 115 Final Box Score 122 Toronto B S. Ibaka35 MIN, 12 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 5-10 FG, 2-5 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 7 +/- My notes on Serge from tonight are less than kind before the fourth quarter, when Casey went to the Serge at center lineup, something…
Last year, at the trade deadline, the Raptors made a big move to address one of the central issues facing the squad, acquiring Serge Ibaka in exchange for Terrence Ross and a first round pick. The idea appeared to be that while Ibaka would start beside Jonas Valanciunas at power forward, the team would use…
Houston 105 Final Box Score 108 Toronto B+ S. Ibaka24 MIN, 11 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 5-10 FG, 1-5 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 3 +/- Not a huge game from Serge, but he was solid, which is what he needed to be. Worked hard on the glass, and hit…
When Masai Ujiri took over running the Raptors front office in the summer, it was clear what the priority was. Andrea Bargnani had worn out his welcome in the city, and it felt like the point of no return had been hit with his development. The problem was, with him struggling both to stay on…
With the success the Raptors have found this year, and April rapidly approaching, pundits around the league have begun to discuss what this year’s Raptors will do in the playoffs, and common threads tend to tie together those pieces. There are discussions about the past playoff struggles of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, and the…
Toronto 117 Final Box Score 104 Orlando C S. Ibaka23 MIN, 7 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 1 STL, 3-7 FG, 1-2 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 2 TO, 6 +/- To be honest, Serge was just mostly invisible in this one. He wasn’t involved in the offense during the first quarter when both teams…
The Raptors make their return from the All-Star break on Friday night hosting the Milwaukee Bucks. The Raptors have been off since Wednesday the 14th, when they earned their 7th straight victory by beating the Chicago Bulls. They’ve been winning in spectacular fashion as well, with the team’s starters getting the fourth quarter off because…
After scoring 9 points in last year’s contest, Kyle Lowry came back this year to try to take the crown again, and this year he did manage a better performance, although still failing to advance to the Finals with a score of 11 out of a possible 30. It’s the third consecutive year Lowry has…
