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Warriors provide Raptors a glimpse of what could have been...Raptors lose another game with porous defense...Gay still on the radar; price will be Calderon and Davis.

We went through it early when we had all those close games early and sometimes you get a little drunk from adversity and that type of thing.

As they tried to guard against Kyrie Irving tying the game, the Raptors forgot all about the possibility he could win it. With one of their most passive defensive efforts of the game when toughness was called for, the Raptors let Irving bury a three-pointer with less than a second left in the game as…

How Clutch is DeMar DeRozan? A Look at the Raptors’ Late-Game Options | Raptors HQ He’s taken the third-highest amount of “clutch” shots in the league at 57, behind only Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, both with 58. Evidently then, the Raptors view him as their top “closing option,” considering the next Raptor on the…

Nothing the loser Davis can do about it; too fat to get off the ground to properly contest the shot Glen Davis looking dejected is now my desktop wallpaper; I’ll cherish it forever DeMar DeRozan’s buzzer-beater lifts Raptors over Magic on the road | National Post It was sweet relief for DeRozan, who had been…

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade lift Heat to tight overtime victory over Raptors | National Post There were a lot of things to dissect about the game, which was a wonderful effort by the Raptors. But, ultimately, the Heat could run crunch-time possessions for James and Wade; the Raptors relied on Anderson, out of the league…

Raptors had their share of surprises, disappointment in the first half of NBA season | Toronto Star No one really knows what this team would look like over time since it’s barely been together. To date, Andrea Bargnani and Landry Fields have each missed 20 games, Alan Anderson’s missed 17, Linas Kleiza’s been out for…

Here is the (midterm) Raptors report card | National Post Things are trending positively: The Raptors hung tough last week with both Brooklyn and Chicago, and defeated the star-studded (if lost) Lakers to finish off the first half on Sunday. Still, it is hard to see the Raptors’ opening 41 games as anything but disappointing.…

The Morning After: Kyle Lowry is the Raptors’ best shot against better teams | National Post “We’re not worried about Kyle,” Anderson started. “Kyle is a bull. He’s just … Kyle is … you know, you can’t … It’s hard to describe Kyle if you don’t know him. He’s Kyle, but he’s like one of…

Electric fourth quarter sends Nets over Raptors | National Post Lowry, who was expected to miss the second half after spraining his left ankle, brought the Raptors within eight, but seven straight points by the Nets reopened a 15-point advantage on Johnson’s jumper with 3:52 to go, and a final flurry by Lowry, who scored…

Toronto at Brooklyn | CBSSports Johnson has been playing well despite battling a right foot injury, though he couldn’t help the Raptors avoid blowing a 20-point lead Sunday. Leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, averaging a career-best 17.9 points, said Johnson’s play should inspire the team. “There’s no excuse when you’re out there on the floor, because…