Gameday: Raptors @ Hawks, Nov. 23

The 2019-20 Toronto Raptors are so fun and also really good at basketball. After Kawhi Leonard’s departure, this was expected to be a transition season where the key concern was going to be player development. Instead, the Raptors sit at 10-4 despite a tough early schedule. The Raptors are legitimate contenders to come out of…

Gameday: Rockets @ Raptors in Japan, Oct. 10

Get your coffee ready people, we have some more basketball to watch in the wee hours of the morning! The Toronto Raptors look to sweep their double-header against the Houston Rockets in Japan following an exciting comeback victory on Tuesday. During the opening game it took Pascal Siakam canning a deep bailout three at the…

Gameday: Raptors @ Warriors, June 5 — Game 3

Quick reminder: we have a Game 4 Watch Party at Hot Tokyo Fried Chicken (King and Peter) – tickets are $10 and that includes a beer – get your tickets and see you there! Off to Oakland we go! The disappointment of the Game 2 loss has dissipated and now the Toronto Raptors have a very…

Gameday: Bucks @ Raptors, May 25 — Game 6

“I love Toronto, I love this team, and we are going to the NBA Finals.” Ugh, Drake why you gotta do us like that? The jubilation of a momentum shifting road victory has put the Toronto Raptors firmly into the driver’s seat to earn their first ever Eastern Conference crown, but there is still a…

Gameday: Bucks @ Raptors, May 21 — Game Four

The Toronto Raptors grueling double overtime on Sunday showed us a lot of things. It showed that Marc Gasol was actually capable of not only playing, but thriving, in this series. It showed that there is some life hidden in the bench in the form of Norman Powell. And, for those that have not been…

Gameday: Raptors @ Bucks – Game 1, May 15

The adrenaline of Kawhi Leonard’s game 7 heroics have finally faded. Leonard himself said that he’d moved on from the glorious moment by the next day, though it took the rest of Raptorland a whole lot longer. (I probably still watched 15 times on Twitter this morning, weening myself off of the high.) So what…

Gameday: 76ers @ Raptors – Game 5, May 7

Good morning Raptors Republic! I hope everybody enjoyed their one day of bathing in the glory of Kawhi Leonard’s otherworldly performance because now we are back firmly in sphincter-tightening season. Toronto have won back homecourt and are essentially competing in a best of three series now, but that means nothing if they slip up tonight…

Gameday: Magic @ Raptors Game 5, Apr. 23

Welcome back to Toronto, ladies and gentlemen. The tinge of nervousness that was apparent before the weekend started has now been replaced by an air of inevitability after the Raptors swept the Magic aside in both road games enroute to a 3-1 series lead. It is the first time in the franchise’s history that they…

Gameday: Raptors @ Timberwolves, Apr. 9

So, a basketball game is happening today. Neither team has anything on the line; in fact Raptors fans are more likely to pay attention to the results that determine their first round playoff match up, but a basketball game is occurring nonetheless! Toronto close their regular season on the road against a Minnesota team that…