Recap
Raptors finish Western swing in Utah with win to top off 4-1 trip
In the hierarchy of acceptable losses in the NBA, headed into Utah on the second night of a back-to-back at the end of a 5-game west coast while missing two important rotation players, and then with another getting hurt barely a minute into the game, falls firmly into the category of what you can live…
Raptors win ninth straight in Cleveland
After being announced as an All-Star reserve earlier in the day on Thursday, for his sixth straight appearance in the game, Kyle Lowry delivered another fantastic performance to lead the Raptors to another victory in this stretch when they’ve pulled into second place in the Eastern Conference. In this game, the Raptors missed Marc Gasol,…
Raptors find their fun against Cleveland
Sometimes, the right opponent is all it takes for a team to remember who they are, and that was the case for the Raptors with the Cleveland Cavaliers in town on Monday night. With Cleveland fully in the midst of a rebuild, and a lot of their younger players still learning the ropes in the…
Raptors close road trip with tough loss in Dallas
When it was known that Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka were going to miss the remained of the Western Conference road trip, and then some, after the win over the New Orleans Pelicans, it looked rough for the Raptors. The rotation had only been 7 players mostly to that point and there were a lot…
Raptors lose to regular season malaise, and the Bucks
You know the woozy feeling you get when you stand up too fast? The Raptors had that for the first 14 minutes of the game against the Bucks last night. There was one exception, that being Kyle Lowry – the man who is never woozy, and by proxy of the size of his butt is…
Raptors defense dominates in Chicago
After a tough loss in Boston on Friday night in which the Raptors looked like they may have had some of their weaknesses exposed, having been dominated on the boards to help the Celtics generate a huge advantage in field goal attempts, Toronto had an opportunity to bounce back against the Bulls on Saturday. Chicago…
Raptors end the preseason with victory in Brooklyn
Friday night in Brooklyn, the Raptors had their first game of the pre-season with their full rotation intact, in their last outing prior to the start of the season. With Kyle Lowry making his preseason debut, Nick Nurse seemed to give a preview of what the rotation might look like using only eight players in…
Raptors Seal Championship at Oracle
There were moments in Thursday night’s game 6 where it felt a lot like the previous game, back home in Toronto. The Raptors had surrendered a lead after controlling the early parts of the game, Kawhi Leonard hadn’t fully established himself, and the Raptors just kept having opportunities to take control, and not quite getting…
Raptors take control at Oracle in Game Three
The narratives surrounding a NBA playoff series are hard to predict coming in, and often need to adjust for the circumstances as the series goes on. Game three in Oakland was certainly one that would dictate the way the story of this series was told going forward. After coughing up a lead in game two…
Raptors can’t find the answers against the Bucks
There’s something to a team finding themselves in the face of adversity, and it can be an exciting thing to witness. It happened for the Raptors in the second round against Philadelphia when they showcased their strength on the defensive end to win drag-it-out, physical games to escape the series, and that’s what they brought…