Five Storylines for the Week of March 9th

After defeating the surging Sacramento Kings on Sunday night, the Toronto Raptors are on a three-game winning streak — all on the road — and are 3.0 games ahead of the Boston Celtics for the all-important No. 2 seed in the East. The Raptors will finish their five-game road trip tonight in Utah against the…

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Five Storylines for the Week of January 13th

The Toronto Raptors are (almost) healthy again! Both Norman Powell and Pascal Siakam returned to the lineup on Sunday night against the San Antonio Spurs, and while both seemed to lack conditioning as the game went on, what was important in the long term is that both knocked down jump-shots and fit effortlessly back into…

Five Storylines for the Week of December 23rd

WHAT A TIME, TO BE ALIVE! Last week, the Raptors lost their best and most important player, their best big man and most important defender, and their best secondary scorer of the season. That didn’t stop them from going 4-0 — including a historic win against the Dallas Mavericks — improving their record to 21-8…

Five Storylines for the Week of December 2nd

The Toronto Raptors defeated the Utah Jazz at home last night, improving their record at Scotiabank Arena to a franchise-best 9-0 and their overall record to 15-4. More impressively, the Raptors outscored the Jazz 77-37 at halftime, the halftime biggest lead in franchise history, and finished with a score of 130-110 against a Jazz team…