Hawks 111, Raptors 89 – Box On a night where Kobe broke his finger; he manned up, chipped in 20/5/5 and paced the Lakers for their 11th win in a row, the Raptors showed little of anything while being thumped by the Hawks, again. I thought it was Groundhogs day. Except this time, no, it…
Carlos Delfino denies the rook’s dunk attempt. Raptors 95, Bucks 117 – Box There’s a line they use in the legal world: The defense never rests. Doesn’t apply to the Toronto Raptors, apparently. It’s allowed when you’re on the last half of a back-to-back and you have two starters out. A worn out and undermanned…
Timberwolves 88, Raptors 94 – Box Too close for comfort but eventually the quality came out on top. Minnesota’s rugged style of play and determination to go inside forced the Raptors to play a physical style of defense and they proved to be up to the task. Overcoming 32% shooting is tough, if not impossible,…
How do you know when things are going good: You don’t drop the ball when tying your laces. Raptors 110, Bulls 78 – Box Brilliant game by the Raptors. Totally and utterly outclassed the Bulls from the opening tip. This was about the closest to playing a perfect game the Raptors have ever had. So…
Raptors 109, Wizards 107 (OT) – Box That darned thing you called “effort”, pretty underrated eh? After what could be described as one of the low points in this franchise’s history, and a subsequent closed door meeting where all the the dirty laundry was aired out, the Toronto Raptors scratched and clawed their way to…
I seriously don’t even know where to start. I don’t even want to do this to be honest. I’m not sure what has been going on out on the court all season the last few games, but it isn’t basketball; nobody is competing; we aren’t a professional team. This is a bunch of guys, who…
That’s the kind of inspired defense the Raptors should be playing. Suns 113, Raptors 94 – Box We can’t play defense because we don’t know how to play defense. There’s little anybody can do to teach us defense because defense doesn’t work that way. There’s no prosthetic for laziness and indifference which is what we’re…
Raptors 103, C**tics 116 – Box Settle in fellas, it’s a long one. Grab a JD if you have to. Option 1: Rip this team a new one for pussying out. Again. I mean, are our coaches really the toughest people on the team? Again? Option 2: Debate whether Triano’s sub-pattern in the third along…
Raptors 81, Bobcats 116 – Box Larry Brown and the Bobcats ran a clinic on sound NBA defense and the art of running the break; the Raptors did their part by being the test dummies and got ripped to shreds by an athletic Charlotte club that smelled weakness and showed no mercy. The Bobcats ran…
Calderon’s play was instrumental in getting the Raptors off to a great start. Pacers 112, Raptors 123 – Box The trend of blowing big leads is becoming the norm. Last night we were able to hold off Indiana by executing brilliantly down the stretch, but this cannot possibly be a sustainable method for winning games.…
Magic 104, Raptors 96 – Box In what amounted to another middle-finger being pointed at the Raptors by our ex-franchise player, Vince Carter had the last laugh again. How ridiculously ill conceived is this plan to honour Raptors greats of the past? I mean, Oakley was cool because he is years removed from playing, and he’s interesting.…