The Rotation After Health
As players get close to returns from injury new questions pop up about the Raptors rotation? Who has claimed those spots and who is on the outside looking in?
Marc Gasol
What have the Raptors learned from this stretch of injuries?
It's been a weird eight games. What have we learned?
Gameday: Celtics @ Raptors, Dec. 25
The Toronto Raptors look to even their season series against the Boston Celtics as they host the first Christmas Day game in franchise history.
Raptors report Pascal Siakam, Norm Powell, and Marc Gasol out indefinitely
Horrible news on the injury front.
Winning and Losing in Detroit
The Raptors handled the Pistons, and in a way that put to rest a lot of complaints that have tossed at the feet of some of the Raptors. Kyle Lowry controlled all aspects of the game on his way to a triple-double. Serge Ibaka played as well as he did during last year’s immaculate playoff…
Why is Pat McCaw playing so much for the Raptors?
What's up with McCaw, and what can we learn from Nurse's trust in him?
Black Box Report: Easy Money, Who’s the Boss? And the Wall of Gasol
Well that wasn’t such a great week. Toronto is in a slide. At least Kawhi Leonard got his ring, and everyone was happy. That is, until the game started. The explanation for this weekly column at Raptors Republic, called The Black Box Report, is fairly simple. Is it a literary journal? Maybe; it sure sounds like…
Where the Cream Rises: Assessing the Raptors’ performances against top competition
The Raptors season has been doused with a dose of reality over the past week. Toronto endured their first three game losing streak since November of last year, all of which came against opponents that figure to feature prominently in the playoff picture. Their record against over .500 opponents now sits at a pedestrian 6-7,…
Raptors snap losing skid with scrappy comeback victory in Chicago
The last time the Toronto Raptors endured a four game losing streak during the regular season was on Jan. 4, 2017. In that game Toronto started a forward duo of DeMarre Carrol and Jared Sullinger, who were a combined 0-for-10 from the field. Times may have changed for the better, but the Raptors looked anything…
Five Storylines for the Week of December 9th
Last week was a tough one for the Raptors, who lost three straight for the first time since November 2018, falling to 15-7 on the season. To put it in context, though, their losses came against three of the best teams in the league: the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, and the Philadelphia 76ers. Also, the…
Quick Reaction: Rockets 119, Raptors 109
HOU Rockets 119 Final Box Score 109 TOR Raptors B- P. Siakam36 MIN, 24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 3 STL, 9-22 FG, 2-8 3FG, 4-4 FT, 1 BLK, 3 TO, -2 +/- Siakam was certainly more aggressive to start tonight than on Tuesday against Miami, often using screens to target Harden in isolation or…