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The Shot Blocker with a Three in his Locker: Serge emerges in Raptors crucial Game 4 win
He feigned a pass to the wing, catching his defender flat-footed as he viciously cut back onto his right hand. Blood was in the water. As his defender helplessly backpedalled to recover, he flummoxed them once more with an equally abrupt behind-the-back dribble. Then, he pirouetted backwards, bang, one-two step, like a tap dancer nailing…
How Big (or Small) Should the Raptors Get?
There is no shortage of storylines in an NBA final featuring the Warriors playing for a three-peat with Kevin Durant injured, Steph Curry on the greatest playoff run of his life, and Kawhi Leonard making his case for the game’s greatest player. But, as Dan Devine writes, while “the starrier battles lie elsewhere, no single…
The Raptors will need to improve
When Paris battled against France in the civil war of 1871, the City of Light had an overwhelming numerical superiority at the beginning of the war. France had just lost a war against Prussia. Paris was ready to fight, with hundreds of thousands of national guardsmen frothing inside the city, who had never entered the…
Should Fred VanVleet start?
Nick Nurse makes changes from position of strength, not weakness, in game three.
Spicing it up: A varied attack is the recipe Raptors need to overcome Warriors
Game 3 may not go down as the most memorable outing over the Toronto Raptors’ 21 game playoff run. It wasn’t a basketball masterpiece nor was it a last-second edge of your seat affair. In fact, the part that will be etched into viewer’s minds years from now will most likely be Stephen Curry’s herculean…
Potpourri: What’s filling the Game 2/3 gap?
Klay Thompson may not suit up for Game 3. Don't believe it.
Series Snapshot: Assessing the biggest takeaways from Raptors-Warriors as series heads to Oakland
Heads up, Friday Game 4 is our watch party in downtown Toronto – get your tickets. If the opening two games of the NBA Finals were an indicator of things to come, we may be in for a long series. There has been a little bit of everything so far: frenetic defence, scoring runs, injury…
Raptors succumb to Warriors’ signature third quarter performance in Game 2 loss
When the Golden State Warriors took the world by storm during their breakout 2014/15 regular season, they also made a few sharp gamblers quite some money along the way. The team had shown star potential the season prior, but not many people foresaw the meteoric rise in such a sudden fashion. Once the Warriors established…
Film Breakdown | NBA Finals Game 1 – Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors
Film Breakdown | NBA Finals Game 1 – Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors Showing High on Stephen Curry Pick & Rolls – 6 seconds To ensure that Stephen Curry could not anchor the Warriors half court offense, as well as to force lesser talents into larger roles, Toronto decided to “show…