Talk about having your work cut out for you.
In the next few days, Raptor fans will be treated to the painful delights of Lebron James, Paul Pierce and Josh Smith
Wow! Bring on the ‘Beasts of the East!’
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Raptors playoff survival to undergo greatest test yet
Posted by Matt McKay at 9:23 pm on April 6, 2010
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Raptors scratch out a win over Bobcats
Posted by Matt McKay at 11:48 pm on March 29, 2010
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The Raptors have a pulse after all.
A day after losing their second straight in heartbreaking fashion, the Raptors gutted out an unlikely 103-101 victory over the Charlotte Bobcat at Time Warner Cable arena Monday night.
With new majority owner Michael Jordan looking on from the floor seats, his Airness witnessed the Bobcats blow a six-point fourth-quarter lead to the reeling Raptors.
Raps head coach Jay Triano also continues to tinker with his starting lineup, using his eighth different formula since Feb. 1.
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Raps letting games, season slip away
Posted by Matt McKay at 12:56 am on March 29, 2010
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Another huge Toronto lead, another collapse down the stretch.
For the second game in-a-row the Raptors grasp defeat from the jaws of victory, throwing away a 17-point third quarter advantage and losing to the Miami Heat 97-94 in South Beach on Sunday night.
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Raptors beat Timberwolves in a tight one
Posted by Matt McKay at 2:46 am on March 23, 2010
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The Raptors latest victory in Minnesota proved that an ugly win is still a win.
Waiting until the waning moments to put the game on ice, the dinos prevailed 106-100 on Monday night to make it a dozen straight wins over the Timberwolves.
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Bosh returns but Raps lose to the 76ers
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 5:39 pm on March 7, 2010
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The main man returned after a seven-game hiatus but it made no difference to the 18, 736 in attendance.
Chris Bosh’s dramatic return to the court had little positive effect as the Toronto Raptors dropped a 114-101 decision to the Philadelphia 76ers at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday afternoon.
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Raptors drop another one without Bosh
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 12:40 am on March 1, 2010
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Kevin Durant dropped 29 points and Nenad Krstic added 16 as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Toronto Raptors 119- 99 at the Ford Center on Sunday evening.
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Raps sizzle early, fade late but find a way to win
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 3:16 am on February 11, 2010
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A memo to the opponent: when you play the Raptors, you’re never out of a game.
Toronto blew a 15-point, fourth quarter lead, but rallied to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 104-93 at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday night.
Sixers guard Lou Williams held the Midas touch, dropping 14 points in the final frame to help turn an 80-65 deficit into a 93-93 tie with 2:06 to play.
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Raps use fourth quarter surge to get by the Kings
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 1:22 am on February 8, 2010
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It wasn’t handsome but a win still looks good.
Chris Bosh poured in 36 points and added 11 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors used a fourth-quarter comeback to slip by the Sacramento Kings 115-104 at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday afternoon.
The Raptors trailed 87-84 heading into the fourth but outscored the Kings 31-17, assisted by a 19-8 run to end the game.
The decisive shot came when Antoine Wright took a Bosh pass in the corner and drilled a three-pointer with 4:12 remaining, to increase the lead to 105-97.
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Raps mug Knicks late in 4th quarter to steal a win
Posted by Matt McKay at 5:03 pm on January 29, 2010
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Do call it a comeback.
Trailing by double digits early in the contest, the Raptors rallied to win their ninth road game of the year in a 106-104 thriller against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.
Down by five late in the game, in front of the zoo known as New York fans, the Raps did what they’ve been making a habit of in the past month: playing tough defence.
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Raptors have Wright stuff dousing Heat
Posted by Matt McKay at 3:54 pm on January 29, 2010
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With 20 seconds remaining in the fourth, the Miami Heat watched Raptors forward Antoine Wright, a career .295 shooter from three-point land, launch a crucial three ball with Toronto up by four.
Considering the offensive weapons at the Raps’ disposal, that would be a best case scenario for the defence.
In one fluid motion, Wright released the jumper and buried the shot to cement an exciting 111-103 win over the visiting Miami Heat on Wednesday night.
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Raps’ strong play on road goes unrewarded
Posted by Matt McKay at 9:49 pm on January 21, 2010
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Give them an ‘A’ for effort, but, unfortunately, two more in the loss column.
For two consecutive nights, the Raptors hung tough until the very end only to fold in the final minutes and spoil a chance to climb the standings.
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Raptors rips through Mavericks
Posted by Matt McKay at 1:32 pm on January 18, 2010
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After hitting only three of their first 16 shots, it looked liked the Raptors would treat the Air Canada Centre crowd to a game as stimulating as waiting for a delayed flight to arrive.
However, what followed couldn’t have been more the opposite.
With a complete team effort the rest of the way, the Raps dismantled and dominated the Dallas Mavericks in a convincing 110-88 victory.
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Raptors erase ghosts of recent past
Posted by Matt McKay at 4:09 am on January 16, 2010
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Almost déjà vu all over again.
Four days after blowing a 23-point lead to the Indiana Pacers, the Raptors let a 28-point lead shrink to eight before finally icing the New York Knicks late in the fourth quarter, winning 112-104.
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Raptors blow up big time in a loss to the Pacers
Posted by Matt McKay at 3:05 am on January 12, 2010
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Hedo Turkoglu calmly dribbled along the baseline, gliding past the Indiana Pacers’ porous defence for an uncontested reverse lay-up.
That basket gave the Raptors a 59-36 lead with four minutes left in the second quarter but it all came crashing down, in a demoralizing 105-101 loss on Monday night.
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Bosh’s late basket caps Raps comeback
Posted by Matt McKay at 4:03 pm on January 9, 2010
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Chris Bosh showed the critics why he doesn’t know the meaning of the word ’slump.’
After an average 18-point performance versus the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, Bosh led the Raptors back from a 13-point deficit to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-106. (More …)
