tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49201379917750311552024-03-13T05:08:27.976-07:00Toronto Raptors BlogToronto Raptors blog, everything about Toronto Raptors from fans perspectiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-8306537133649413232013-04-17T20:57:00.001-07:002013-04-17T20:57:26.617-07:00Toronto Raptors rout the Boston Celtics 114-90<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, Rudy Gay had 19 points and nine rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors routed the Boston Celtics 114-90.<br /><br />Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 points, Alan Anderson had 16 and Kyle Lowry had nine points and eight assists as the Raptors matched their longest winning streak of the season. Toronto also won five straight from Feb. 8-19.<br /><br />The Raptors went 30-29 after starting the season 4-19.<br /><br />The Celtics was led by Jordan Crawford who scored 16 points.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-77689055738978766082013-04-16T21:33:00.003-07:002013-04-16T21:33:45.444-07:00Raptors past Hawks 113-96<br />
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DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points, Rudy Gay added 22 and the Toronto Raptors ran all over the playoff-bound Hawks, 113-96.<br />
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The Raptors made two-thirds of their shots in the first half, sprinting to a 68-51 lead as DeRozan scored 19 points and Gay chipped in with 17. Atlanta went mostly with backups, showing no sense of urgency to claim the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference.<br />
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Atlanta fell into a tie with Chicago for the fifth spot. The teams finish the regular season on Wednesday, with the Hawks traveling to New York to face the Knicks, while the Bulls are home against lowly Washington. Chicago holds the tiebreaker.<br />
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Kyle Korver led the Hawks with 13 points, extending his 3-point streak to 73 consecutive games.<br />
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<br />Amir Johnson scored 24 points and nine rebounds, Rudy Gay had 23 points as the Toronto Raptors earned their second straight win over Chicago Bulls 97-88.<br /><br />Kyle Lowry had 13 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and DeMar DeRozan scored 19 points for the Raptors, who were coming off a 101-98 win in Chicago on Tuesday night.<br /><br />Quincy Acy had 10 points and nine rebounds as Toronto won for the fourth time in five games.<br /><br />Chicago’s Carlos Boozer fouled out with 19 points and 12 rebounds in 31 minutes, his 11th double-double in the past 13 games.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-25106367572692020682013-04-05T22:33:00.001-07:002013-04-05T22:33:12.551-07:00Raptors hold off Timberwolves 95-93<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />Rudy Gay had 26 points and five rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a rare road victory in the West, 95-93 over the Timberwolves on Friday night.<br /><br />DeRozan had 25 points and Kyle Lowry added 11 points and seven assists for the Raptors, who beat the Timberwolves for the 16th time in 17 games and prevented Adelman from recording his 1,000th win as coach.<br /><br />Nikola Pekovic had 24 points and eight rebounds and Andrei Kirilenko added 20 points and six rebounds for the Timberwolves, who led by as many as 11 in the second half.<br /><br />Jonas Valanciunas had 12 points and four rebounds and Terrence Ross threw down a soaring, 360-windmill jam that would have won him the dunk contest to help the Raptors win for just the third time in 38 games in which they trailed entering the fourth quarter. They are 3-12 on the road against the West.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-10728951999013790602013-04-01T20:26:00.003-07:002013-04-01T20:26:49.053-07:00Raptors lose to Pistons 108-98<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />Rudy Gay scored 34 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 17 and DeMar DeRozan 15 as the Raptors lost for the seventh time in eight games and were officially eliminated from playoff contention as they lost to Detroit Pistons 108-98 on Monday night.<br /><br />Greg Monroe scored 24 points, Calderon had 19 points and nine assists for Detroit.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-75488969129894790142013-03-31T20:19:00.002-07:002013-03-31T20:19:23.363-07:00Raptors lose to Wizards as Beal scores 24 109-92<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Beal scored 24 points in his return from a five-game absence, leading the Wizards to a 109-92 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.<br /><br />Emeka Okafor had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and John Wall added 18 points and 10 assists for Washington. The Wizards, who came in having lost two in a row on the road, won their seventh straight at home and moved into a tie with Toronto for 10th place in the Eastern Conference.<br /><br />Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Raptors, losers of six of their last seven. Demar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry added 15 apiece. Toronto leading scorer Rudy Gay scored 11 points - about seven below his average - while being limited to 26 minutes due to foul trouble.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-19237350190697839342013-03-30T01:32:00.000-07:002013-03-30T01:32:22.659-07:00Raptors beat Pistons 99-82 to end 5-game skid<div style="text-align: center;">
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Rudy Gay and the Toronto Raptors are out of the playoff picture and have just 10 games left before their season ends. That doesn't mean they're going to go quietly.<br />
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Gay scored 19 of his 21 points during a dominant third quarter and the Raptors ended a five-game skid with a 99-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.<br />
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Toronto led 46-45 at the break and took control by outscoring the Pistons 23-5 in the first eight minutes of the third period.<br />
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DeMar DeRozan also had 21 to help Toronto win a second straight meeting with the Pistons.<br />
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Jonas Jerebko scored 20 points to lead the Pistons, who also got 17 from rookie Andre Drummond in their eighth straight home loss. Detroit made just six field goals in the third and often couldn't seem to stop Gay once he got hot.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-61672446642360822352013-03-27T20:31:00.002-07:002013-03-27T20:31:55.964-07:00Hawks clinch playoff berth beat Raptors 107-88<div style="text-align: center;">
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Al Horford scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Jeff Teague had 24 points and 13 assists and the Hawks clinched a playoff berth for the sixth straight season, beating the Toronto Raptors 107-88 on Wednesday night.<br />
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Josh Smith scored 19 points for the Hawks, who used a 16-0 run midway through the fourth to win for the 13th time in their last 15 meetings with the Raptors.<br />
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Raptors coach Dwane Casey had suggested his team might shut down Rudy Gay after the star forward left Friday's home loss to the Knicks with a sore back, then sat out Saturday's loss in New York. Still sore, Gay started against the Hawks, scoring 15 points in 34 minutes and matching his season high with 12 rebounds.<br />
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Jonas Valanciunas scored 19 points, DeMar DeRozan had 14, Terrence Ross 13 and Alan Anderson 12 for the Raptors, who have lost four straight and 11 of 14.<br />
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Toronto forward Amir Johnson left with 10:28 left in the third with a left leg contusion. X-rays were negative but he did not return.<br />
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Toronto was outscored 55-29 after Johnson went down, leaving Casey bemoaning his team's lack of toughness.<br />
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<br /><br />Jaon Kidd at 40 is still playing one of the NBA's most demanding positions. <br /><br />Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points and Kenyon Martin had a big game with 18 points and 7 boards to rout the Raptors with a 110-84 victory Saturday night.<br /><br />J.R. Smith added 25 points for the Knicks, who beat the Raptors for the second straight night and won their fourth consecutive game. Martin had 18 points and seven rebounds a night after he had 19 points and 11 rebounds in the Knicks' victory in Toronto that clinched a playoff berth.<br /><br />DeMar DeRozan scored 17 points for the Raptors, who played without leading scorer Rudy Gay because of a bad back and lost their fourth straight.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-17687459541905357572013-03-23T01:06:00.003-07:002013-03-23T01:06:43.244-07:00Pistons fall to the Heat<div style="text-align: center;">
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LeBron James scored 29 points, Dwyane Wade added 19 and the Heat extended their winning streak to 25 games by pulling away in the second half and beating the Detroit Pistons 103-89 on Friday night.<br />
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Greg Monroe finished with 23 points and 15 rebounds for Detroit, which dropped its 10th straight game. Jose Calderon had 18 points and seven assists, most of that coming in the first half for the Pistons, who also got 18 points and eight rebounds from Kyle Singler.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-61179544221119621812013-03-20T20:34:00.001-07:002013-03-20T20:34:07.173-07:00Raptos loss to Bobcats 107-101<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Henderson turned in another solid all-around game, Byron Mullens scored 25 points and the Bobcats beat the Toronto Raptors 107-101 on Wednesday night to win consecutive games for the first time since mid-November.<br /><br />Henderson scored 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting and added seven rebounds and five assists. The soon-to-be restricted free agent is averaging 22.7 points on 50 percent shooting in his last seven games, including a 35-point performance in a win over Boston on March 12.<br /><br />Rudy Gay had 25 points and DeMar DeRozan added 19 points for the Raptors, who have lost seven of their last eight games in Charlotte and fell to 9-25 this season on the road.<br /><br />Gordon finished with 16 points and Josh McRoberts had 12 points and 12 rebounds.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-91340753617982156872013-03-13T19:01:00.002-07:002013-03-13T19:01:22.481-07:00Toronto Raptos fall to the Boston Celtics 112 - 88<br />
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Rudy Gay led the Raptors with 19 and DeMar DeRozan scored 17.<br />
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Jeff Green led the Celtics with 20 followed by Paul Pierce with 15. Seven players of the Boston Celtics are in double figures to convincingly beat the Raptors 112 - 88.<br />
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Amir Johnson scored 17 points and matched his career high with 16 rebounds, Alan Anderson scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and the Toronto Raptors overcame a 17-point deficit to beat the slumping Cavaliers 100-96 on Sunday night. Kyle Lowry had 15 points and nine rebounds, Ross scored 14 points and DeMar DeRozan had 13 points for Toronto, which had lost its previous two meetings with the Cavaliers.<br />
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Irving was hurt when he collided with Toronto rookie Jonas Valanciunas on a baseline drive with 2:04 left in the third, and he shot the resulting free throws one-handed. Irving made the first but missed the second before walking off and heading to the locker room. He finished with 12 points.<br />
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Cleveland rookie Dion Waiters scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth, Thompson had 11 points and 10 rebounds and C.J. Miles scored 15.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-18592996565601390632013-03-09T01:02:00.001-08:002013-03-09T01:02:43.687-08:00Lakers beat Raptors 118-116 in OTDue to Raptors meltdown the Lakers rallied from a 15-point deficit in regulation and a slow start in overtime to win against Raptors 118-116.<br /><br />Dwight Howard had 24 points and 13 rebounds, while Kobe Bryant finished with 41 points and 12 assists, and made 14 of 16 free throws.<br /><br />DeMar DeRozan led six Toronto players in double figures with 28 points. Rudy Gay and Alan Anderson added 17 points each, and Kyle Lowry had 15 points and 10 assists. Starter Andrea Bargnani left the game with a strained right elbow in the first quarter.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-48942200770909080432013-03-06T21:26:00.002-08:002013-03-06T21:26:46.248-08:00DeRozan, Johnson lift Raptors past Suns, 98-71<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />DeMar DeRozan scored 15 points and Amir Johnson added 14 to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 98-71 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Sebastian Telfair scored 13 points in his return to Phoenix as the Raptors ended a five-game losing streak.<br /><br />Marcus Morris scored 12 points and was the only player in double figures for the Suns, who committed a season-high 29 turnovers and snapped a three-game winning streak.<br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-7516591164116221192013-03-06T06:03:00.001-08:002013-03-06T06:03:49.746-08:00Raptors-Suns PreviewThis will be the third stop on a four-game trip for the Raptors (22-38), who have lost six of seven following a season high-tying five-game win streak.<br /><br />Andrea Bargnani had 26 points and matched a career high with five 3-pointers vs the Golden State, but the Raptors dropped to 0-9 this season when he scores at least 20.<br /><br />The Raptors have won two straight against the Suns after a 14-game losing streak in the series. Toronto's 99-96 victory in Phoenix on Jan. 24, 2012, was its first there in eight games.<br /><br />Bargnani had 36 points - the third-highest total of his career - in that win but scored four in 27 minutes during the most recent meeting, a 101-97 home victory Nov. 30.<br /><br />Suns center Jermaine O'Neal will be out for an undetermined time while his daughter undergoes surgery to repair a leaky heart valve.<br /><br />Raptors 110<br />Suns 98<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920137991775031155.post-80250445847570379192013-03-04T01:58:00.004-08:002013-03-04T02:01:21.002-08:00Raptors-Warriors Preview<br />
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Golden State Warriors will host the Toronto Raptors on Monday night in the first of seven straight at home.<br />
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Toronto Rapotors (23-37) won seven of its first 10 after acquiring
Rudy Gay, but has since lost four in a row. Gay, averaging 20.5 points
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Golden Warriors (33-27) finished their five-game trip with four consecutive losses, and their only win in 10 road games over the past month was a one-point victory over Minnesota.<br />
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Golden State has won six of its last seven home games including victories over heavyweaights Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunders and San Antonio Spurs. <br />
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The Warriors won 114-102 at Toronto on Jan. 28. David Lee had 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as Golden State hit 53.5 percent from the field.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0