January 22nd, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Friday night brought together two teams on the opposite ends of the Eastern Conference – the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors. The Heat on one hand are clicking as a team as expected and also without Dwyane Wade, sitting this game out due to a migraine and Chris Bosh, who is dealing with a sprained left [...]
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James, Miller Combine For 70 As Heat Burns Raptors 120-103
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Curry, Ellis Combine for 66 As Warriors Outlast Raptors 124-112
Some curious statistics came to the forefront during Saturday night’s game between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors. The Warriors shot better from beyond the arc (59%) than they did from normal spots on the floor (47%). Meanwhile, the Raptors shot a sizzling 57% from the floor and 50% from three-point range. Makes [...]
Big Second Quarter Helps Raptors Stomp Mavericks 110-88
The Dallas Mavericks, by and large, are a focused team most nights. For whatever reason, the focus vanished once they crossed the Canadian border when they came to the Air Canada Centre in Toronto to face the Raptors on Sunday. A big 34-18 second quarter was more than enough for Toronto to coast to their [...]
Calderon Out For The Long-Term?
I must say that it is a good thing that the Toronto Raptors have some depth at point guard, although it doesn’t comfort the team any knowing that according to Mike Ganter of the Toronto Sun, starting point guard Jose Calderon aggravated a nagging hip injury and may be out for quite some time. He [...]
Balanced Scoring Trumps Granger’s 36, Raptors Soar Past Pacers 123-112
Danny Granger had one of his better games as the Indiana Pacers visited Air Canada Centre to take on the Toronto Raptors; he would score 36 points, exploiting the Raptors’ frontcourt at will. Unfortunately for the Pacers, the rest of the team could not support Granger as any good team should. Toronto had seven players [...]
Ginobili Helps Shorthanded Spurs Beat Raptors 131-124
The San Antonio Spurs, by at least their standards, are struggling. Injuries have been the main culprit as during Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors, they were missing Tony Parker and Tim Duncan – out due to injuries. Which meant that they would have to turn to their “third option”, Manu Ginobili, as their “go-to” [...]
Big Third Quarter Helps Raptors Rout Pacers 110-87
Two teams who are safely out of contention for an Eastern Conference playoff slot went against each other on Sunday at Air Canada Centre, with nothing to lose (besides the obvious) and everything to gain. The teams in question were the host Toronto Raptors and the visiting Indiana Pacers. This game marked the return of [...]
Magic Lead From Start to Finish, Trample Raptors 113-90
Typically, Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh does relatively well against the Orlando Magic, their opponent on a Sunday afternoon tilt; Bosh has been averaging around 24 PPG and 9 RPG in 20 career games against the Magic. So what do the Magic do? They let Bosh have open looks at the basket; their unusual strategy [...]
