Anthony Doyle
With Kawhi Leonard sitting once again for load management on Sunday afternoon, the hottest team in the league in the month of February rolled into town and delivered a resounding defeat to the Toronto Raptors. The Orlando Magic have been on an impressive role of late, finding their stride on the defensive end where they’ve…
San Antonio 117 Final Box Score 120 Toronto A+ P. Siakam33 MIN, 22 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 7-10 FG, 2-2 3FG, 6-9 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, -8 +/- Siakam was brilliant in this game. He attacked the Spurs confidently and they had no real answer for his offense, and really the…
Washington 120 Final Box Score 129 Toronto A+ P. Siakam33 MIN, 44 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 15-26 FG, 4-5 3FG, 10-12 FT, 3 BLK, 3 TO, 23 +/- What a performance. Felt like this one was coming this season, with him continuing to improve and become increasingly confident in his own game,…
There are few players in Toronto Raptors history who have had a stranger tenure with the franchise than Jonas Valanciunas, the highest drafted player by the franchise since the Andrea Bargnani pick in 2006. The franchise’s history with top-5 draft picks, Chris Bosh and Marcus Camby aside, isn’t exactly storied, and Valanciunas is probably the…
After making a big splash at the trade deadline on Thursday to acquire Marc Gasol, the Raptors got their first chance to have him in uniform Saturday in New York. With Gasol still adjusting to the Raptors’ playbook and his new teammates, he came off the bench in this one, with Serge Ibaka getting the…
Toronto 119 Final Box Score 101 Atlanta A+ P. Siakam40 MIN, 33 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 12-20 FG, 2-5 3FG, 7-9 FT, 1 BLK, 2 TO, 23 +/- He just keeps getting better. Another new career high in points, and he made it look so easy, playing backup center tonight post-trade, too.…
On Superbowl Sunday, the Raptors will have a visit from the Los Angeles Clippers and Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will play his first NBA game in his home country. In the first meeting of the two teams this season the Raptors delivered a 123-99 victory, led by a 25-point outing for Serge Ibaka and 21 from…
I’m a firm believer in the idea that when someone shows you who they are, you should believe them. This applies to life in general, to how one handles relationships, and it’s a rule of thumb that has served me well. With basketball teams, it also followed generally. If you looked at the development of…
For what feels like nearly the first time all season, the Raptors roster has been nearly completely healthy of late, and the shooting has come back to life in the last two games, propelling them to a victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night. However, that one, like many recent victories, felt harder than…
Memphis 90 Final Box Score 119 Toronto A+ P. Siakam29 MIN, 17 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 7-12 FG, 0-1 3FG, 3-4 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 40 +/- However you feel about plus/minus, a stat that certainly has some discussion around it, +40 in 29 minutes is nothing short of ridiculous. Pascal…
When a team has a season in which they win a lot of games, some of them are going to be really fun to watch, some of them are going to be stressful and ultimately rewarding, and still others are the type that the team is just happy to be done with. For the Raptors,…
With a streaking Raptors team still dealing with injuries heading into Boston against a Celtics team on a three-game losing streak, and dealing with some drama, but finally getting mostly healthy, this game had the feeling of a potential trap heading into it. The Celtics, despite their struggles on the road all season long, had…