Tag: Toronto Raptors
Led by Jonas Valanciunas, who emerged in the fourth quarter, Toronto staged a comeback and eventually won 96-92 in overtime on Thursday night to even the best-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Heat at 1-1. The Raptors are 4-0 in the 2016 playoffs following a loss. Game 3 is Saturday afternoon at American Airlines […]
DeMarre Carroll led all scorers with 21 point in Game 2, another overtime thriller between the Raptors and HEAT.
One game into the Toronto Raptors’ playoff series against Miami, LeBron James and some news outlets are already looking ahead to a Cavaliers-Heat Eastern Conference final. Raptors coach Dwane Casey was less than pleased, but not surprised. “I saw that. Like I’ve said, nobody respects us, everybody has written us off, and that’s fine,” Casey […]
DeMarre Carroll, who followed (Kyle) Lowry to the podium Wednesday afternoon was asked what kind of words of encouragement he could offer his teammate. But like only he could be, Carroll bluntly suggested words might not be the best approach right now. “You can (offer encouragement), but you know, sometimes you just have to look […]
The Toronto Raptors have struggled in the playoffs and the disappearance of Kyle Lowry is the primary reason.
Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry made an improbable shot from beyond half court at the buzzer to send Game 1 into overtime Tuesday. But immediately following his team’s 102-96 loss to the Miami Heat, Lowry was on the practice court attached to Air Canada Centre trying to fix his broken jump shot. He later moved […]
The Miami HEAT won Game 1 of their second-round series against the Toronto Raptors.
The Indiana Pacers took Toronto to the limit in Game 7 on Sunday at Air Canada Centre, and the Raptors nearly blew a 16-point, fourth-quarter lead before hanging on to win 89-84 and avoid a third consecutive first-round exit as the favored team. “I think everybody wrote the Raptors off and gave us up for […]
Kyle Lowry had another atrocious night, but it didn’t matter as the Raptors finally advanced past the first round…
Myles Turner comes up huge for the Pacers in Game 6, forcing a Game 7 in Toronto.
