Raptors Game

PHILADELPHIA – Fred VanVleet says his body has “tapped out.” The Toronto Raptors' all-star guard, who suffered a strained left hip flexor, was ruled out of ...

You only get one chance to get that one so he deserved it … I thought he was by far the best rookie this year,” VanVleet said. I know how much he wanted it, he did it with a pure heart, came in and worked every day, and I’m just so happy for him that he was rewarded and acknowledged for that.” “Hopefully we can extend this thing and I would feel great about maybe playing in the next round,” he said. “I got to check my fits,” VanVleet laughed. “For sure,” he said. More so just being in the moment, wanting to be out there with the guys fighting, trying to get the win.”

CBC Sports' daily newsletter looks ahead to Game 5 of the Toronto-Philadelphia series and Game 4 of the surprisingly lopsided Boston-Brooklyn matchup.

Read more about the emotional night in Montreal and watch the ceremony here. The nicest touch was removing all the ads from the boards and, in their place, displaying Lafleur's name, number, signature and the years of life (1951 to 2022). There was also a tear-jerking video montage, set to Sinatra's "My Way," and the capacity crowd gave Lafleur a 10-minute standing ovation. Marcus Smart became the first guard in 26 years to win the NBA's defensive player of the year award, and right now Jayson Tatum is helping lock down Durant while averaging 29.7 points per game in the playoffs. After working a pretty pedestrian five innings yesterday to get credited with another win, Sasaki is 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA in five starts this season. The all-star guard, who hasn't scored more than 20 points in a game this series and has shot horribly since Game 2, has been ruled out for tonight. Canada's national rugby sevens teams clinched a spot in their World Cups. Both the men's and women's squads won their finals yesterday at a regional qualifying event in the Bahamas. The men defeated Jamaica 29-12, while the women blanked Mexico 33-0. Meanwhile, the 76ers have to be at least a bit concerned about Joel Embiid. After shredding Toronto for an average of 32 points and 12 rebounds in the previous two games, the NBA scoring champion managed only 21 and 8 and was visibly bothered by a torn ligament in his shooting thumb. Durant's struggles were epitomized in a 114-107 Game 2 loss that saw him score 27 points but make less than a quarter of his shots from the floor. No team in NBA history has ever come back from down 3-0 to win a playoff series, and the betting odds for Game 5 back in Philly imply the 76ers have close to a 75 per cent chance of completing the Gentlemen's Sweep tonight. In terms of star power and on/off-court drama, this is easily the most fascinating first-round matchup. Just hours after being named the NBA's rookie of the year, Barnes returned from missing two games with a sprained ankle suffered in the series opener and played 26 minutes off the bench. Barnes appeared to reinjure the ankle in the second quarter and hobbled off the court after a timeout, but he stayed in the game and helped the Raptors survive.

Will the Toronto Raptors show the Philadelphia 76ers that they are capable of winning this series in Game 5? The latest Toronto Raptors odds say no.

The Raptors could take advantage and set up a Game 6. Will Toronto be able to once again show the 76ers they are capable of winning this series? The Toronto Raptors avoided a sweep at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers, but they still face very long odds when it comes to securing a series win.

The Raptors face elimination yet again in Game 6 in Toronto on Thursday. Joel Embiid, who was playing with a torn ligament in his right thumb, had 20 points and ...

The Raptors led 29-27 to start the second. The Toronto Raptors faced elimination for the second time in three days — and came out victorious once again. Thirteen teams have come back from 3-1 deficits, and Sixers coach Doc Rivers has been on the losing end of two of those. Boos rained down from the crowd when Barnes chucked a cheeky no-look pass to Achiuwa for a dunk for a 13-point lead with 6:11 to play. Raptors coach Nick Nurse emptied his bench with 1:19 to play. They led by double digits for most of the third and took a 75-66 advantage into the fourth.

After the visiting Raptors dominated the 76ers in a 103-88 win on Monday to force a Game 6 back in Toronto, 11-time NBA All-Star and NBA on TNT host Charles ...

Previously, fellow NBA on TNT host Shaquille O'Neal had stated "Toronto's getting swept" on the show after Ernie Johnson Jr. and Barkley had said that the series was going to be a battle. "Well they've (the 76ers) got no chance of winning Thursday, it's a seven-game series now," said Barkley. "Toronto, the way they played tonight, they think they are going to win the series." After the visiting Raptors dominated the 76ers in a 103-88 win on Monday to force a Game 6 back in Toronto, 11-time NBA All-Star and NBA on TNT host Charles Barkley had a few words for Philadelphia fans hoping to clinch.

PHILADELPHIA — The Toronto Raptors had the Sixers fans booing their own team off the floor at halftime. OG Anunoby's dunk with a couple of minutes to play ...

We have had a lot of guys in and out of the lineup and we always kind of figure it out. The Raptors led 29-27 to start the second. The disgruntled Sixers crowd of 20,517 fans booed their team off the floor. Two nights after their decisive 110-102 win in Toronto to force a Game 5, the Raptors ran circles around the Sixers for much of the night Monday, pestering them into 16 turnovers. Thirteen teams have come back from 3-1 deficits, and Sixers coach Doc Rivers has been on the losing end of three of those. "Obviously he is a big part of what we do as a team and we definitely need him out there," he said. Then, after a couple of scoreless minutes by both teams, Anunoby drilled a three-pointer for 13 points of breathing room with 3:52 to play. He was unsure if he'd be healed sufficiently to play in Game 6. OG Anunoby's dunk with a couple of minutes to play sent thousands of fans to the exits as if there'd been an evacuation order. No team in NBA history has come back to win a seven-game series after trailing 3-0. Nurse emptied his bench with 1:19 to play. "These guys from Day 1 when I got here (in a February trade) seemed like a great group of guys who are very poised.

Here are three key takeaways from Toronto's Game 5 victory over Philadelphia. 1. Toronto's size was a problem for Philly. Fred VanVleet missing the game might ...

In other words, Toronto had an extremely large lineup out there for the entirety of the game, and it flustered Philadelphia. The Sixers struggled to penetrate into the paint as they did earlier in the series, and they also had a hard time getting off clean looks. Those guys should be able to muster more than what amounts to barely over a point a minute, and Doc Rivers should be able to put them in a position to be more productive when the offense is stalling, as it clearly was. An argument could be made that this game was lost in the second quarter. More concerning is the fact that this is the second straight poor performance from Philly. Instead of closing the Raptors out, they've allowed them to hang around and gain confidence, and they will be a tougher team to eliminate because of it. Fred VanVleet missing the game might have been a blessing in disguise for the Raptors. He was crucial to Toronto's success all season, but the Sixers were having some serious success going at him defensively early in the series. What once looked like a potential sweep is now an intriguing series as the Toronto Raptors bested the Philadelphia 76ers 103-88 in Game 5 on Monday night.

Pascal Siakam scored 23 points and 10 rebounds and the Raptors beat the 76ers 103-88 on Monday to cut Philadelphia's lead in their best-of-seven opening-round ...

A 16-year-old is in custody after a boy of the same age was stabbed at a central Alberta high school on Monday morning. 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago If you're under 60, you can get a fourth dose. 1 hr ago 1 hr ago Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands to be the next owner of Twitter, having pledged roughly US$44 billion to buy the social platform and take it private. Raptors coach Nick Nurse emptied his bench with 1:19 to play. Boos rained down from the crowd when Barnes chucked a cheeky no-look pass to Achiuwa for a dunk for a 13-point lead with 6:11 to play. They led by double digits for most of the third and took a 75-66 advantage into the fourth.