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A Step Slow: Raptors win streak snaps in Brooklyn

When the final buzzer echoed throughout the Barclays Center, something must have been broken. The box score needed double-checking, maybe even a third glance for good measure. The jumbo-tron flashed a scoreline of 101-91 in favour of the Brooklyn Nets over the Toronto Raptors. Alas, there was no error. The Raptors 15 game winning streak…

How Serge Ibaka defied the odds and became irreplaceable

It was game 4 of the Toronto Raptors’ second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers last playoffs when Raptors head coach Nick Nurse made a key, potentially series-altering decision: To match Marc Gasol’s minutes with those of Joel Embiid.  In the first three games, Ibaka, a power-forward for most of his career until switching primarily to…

Five Storylines for the Week of February 10th

Holy smokes, the Raptors are on a 14-game winning streak! The Raptors are 39-14, still 3rd place in the league, now just 1.0 game back of the Los Angeles Lakers for 2nd place in the league. The Raptors road record of 19-7 also ranks 3rd in the league, an important marker for a good team. …

Outpacing the, erm, Pacers

If you had told me that the Raptors would beat the (very good) Pacers quite handily in the same game that Kyle Lowry had to leave in the third quarter and Pascal Siakam went 0-11 for part of the game, I wouldn’t have been surprised. That’s right! I wouldn’t be. I’m bucking the expectations of…

Five Storylines for the Week of February 3rd

The Toronto Raptors are 36-14 through fifty games, matching the same record they had this time last year. They are currently on a franchise-record eleven-game win-streak and have some key decisions to make ahead of the trade deadline on Thursday, February 6th at 3:00 pm.  Here is a breakdown of the Raptors upcoming schedule: Wednesday,…

Raptors win 10th straight and send coaching staff to the All-Star Game

The Toronto Raptors extended their win streak to ten games on Friday night, defeating the Detroit Pistons 105-92 on the second night of a back-to-back. The win solidifies the Raptors place in the Eastern Conference standings, giving the Raptors a 2.0 game cushion ahead of the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat for the No. 2…