Anthony Doyle
Thursday night the Raptors played the Knicks, in a mostly meaningless game sandwiched between two games against the Chicago Bulls during a stretch of the season where the games are equally meaningless for the Raptors as they are for their opponents. The Knicks are just winding down another disappointing season in…
The last few weeks of the season, for teams who already know their fate, can feel long and unnecessary, and that’s definitely the space the Raptors now occupy. WIth Milwaukee almost certainly too far ahead for Toronto to chase the first seed and Philadelphia equally certainly too far behind to really chase the second seed,…
With Kyle Lowry returning to the lineup following his ankle injury on Monday night, the Raptors had their full rotation for the first time since November, and the first appearance of the post-trade deadline Raptors in whole as the desperate Charlotte Hornets came to town. With Charlotte battling to try to claim the final seed…
TOR Raptors 123 Final Box Score 114 OKC Thunder A+ P. Siakam43 MIN, 33 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 14-21 FG, 1-4 3FG, 4-4 FT, 1 BLK, 5 TO, 9 +/- Phenomenal performance from Siakam, again. Had stretches where he took over the game, and he presented huge matchup issues for one of…
It’s good to go home. After a tough afternoon in Detroit on Sunday, the Raptors returned to action Monday night against the visiting New York Knicks, this time with Kyle Lowry back in the lineup and Kawhi Leonard sitting the second leg of a back-to-back for load management, once again. This was a game where…
The Raptors have recently been alternating between looking like a dominant team that has figured out how to play within their game and looking like a team struggling to find the motivation to play, and Monday night in Cleveland, that second group showed up for most of the night. This should’ve, for all intents and…
TOR Raptors 125 Final Box Score 104 MIA Heat A+ P. Siakam29 MIN, 20 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL, 8-12 FG, 1-2 3FG, 3-5 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 12 +/- It’s almost too easy for Siakam at this point. Hit a big corner three, scored an efficient 20 points, distributed comfortably, and…
Friday night in New Orleans the Raptors will try to get back on track after a couple of tough defeats to streaking teams in the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets. The Pelicans come into Friday night as the winners of three of their last four games, but will be missing Jrue Holiday with an abdominal…
This season, it seems like a lot of the NBA awards are settled with a month to go. If not there being a considerable favorite, the fields are at least narrow enough, for the most part, that you can find some consensus on the awards that usually spark the most debate. The impact of this…
HOU Rockets 107 Final Box Score 95 TOR Raptors A+ P. Siakam38 MIN, 17 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 0 STL, 7-12 FG, 2-4 3FG, 1-4 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 11 +/- The best stretch of basketball the Raptors played tonight was pretty much entirely due to Pascal’s brilliance. In the third quarter, he…
Toronto 107 Final Box Score 112 Detroit B+ P. Siakam44 MIN, 21 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 0 STL, 10-20 FG, 1-4 3FG, 0-2 FT, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 2 +/- Siakam had a nice offensive game in this one, and definitely had some big moments, but it wasn’t his best defensive outing, with Blake…
Portland 117 Final Box Score 119 Toronto A P. Siakam35 MIN, 16 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 0 STL, 4-8 FG, 2-4 3FG, 6-8 FT, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 19 +/- This is what constitutes a quiet night for Siakam at this point, an efficient 16 points with 4 boards and 4 assists, but he…