For much of the regular season the top four teams in the Eastern Conference had separated themselves from the pack. Once the All-Star break came (and Victor Oladipo had suffered a gruesome injury) it was all but confirmed that their paths would eventually cross. After the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers brushed aside their young…
As luck would have it, the Raptors are to Ben Simmons, what Jrue Holiday is to Kyle Lowry and Damian Lillard. The Raptors bold defense of “Shoot it, coward” has had brilliant early returns against the young phenom from Australia. Unfortunately for the Raptors, the same defense has been played against the Raptors as a…
As the Raptors head into Philadelphia for a game against the 76ers, the injury report looks like a nightmare. Kawhi Leonard is out for sure, Lowry-Ibaka-Green are all questionable, and Valanciunas is of course, out. The bench mob that we’ve been lamenting as underperforming enters the limelight as starters, and against a 76ers team with…
Raptors beat Sixers behind Kawhi Leonard, Jonas Valanciunas and Serge Ibaka.
Philadelphia 112 Final Box Score 129 Toronto A+ P. Siakam33 MIN, 15 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 3 STL, 6-8 FG, 0-1 3FG, 3-4 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 24 +/- Siakam rarely ever has awful performances on the basketball court. Why? Because even when the numbers don’t favour him, the energy and effort do.…
An early season Raptors win over Boston shifted the narrative away from the presumption the Celtics would run away with the East’s top seed. Tonight the 76ers, the other preseason team earmarked to contend arrives to test their mettle versus Toronto. Entering the 2018-19 campaign the triumvirate of teams expected to vie for the Eastern…
I guess there are worse ways to spend a Monday afternoon?
