After going down 3-0 to start the first round playoff series, the Raptors have won the last two games and are looking to tie the best-of-seven series tonight.
After going down 3-0 to start the first round playoff series, the Raptors have won the last two games and are looking to tie the best-of-seven series tonight. The Toronto Raptors have ruled out Fred VanVleet for Game 6 tonight against the Philadelphia 76ers due to a strained hip flexor. The Toronto Raptors have ruled out Fred VanVleet for Game 6 tonight against the Philadelphia 76ers due to a strained hip flexor.
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Pascal Siakam led Toronto to two straight victories, and if they win tonight, we’re going back to Philadelphia for Game 7. The 76ers won the first two matchups by 35 total points and were able to defeat the Raptors in a Game 3 thriller to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. It’s a good night to be a sports fan.
No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the NBA Playoffs, but "if it's gonna be anyone, it'll be us" says Nick Nurse.
In a game that’s almost equally mental as it is physical, another dominant performance from the Raptors needs to not only beat the Sixers physically, but get them in their heads. Now, the series is back in Toronto for Game 6. Another aspect to Fred VanVleet being out is making up for his points and assists. Especially back in Philadelphia? Despite what the haters, the pundits, and even the odds had to say about it, the Raptors pulled off ANOTHER impressive win. It paid off, the length at every position was too much for the Sixers to guard. Hope was not very high after Game 3 of the current Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers round one series — for the fans at least.
Will the Raptors become just the second team ever to force a Game 7 after being down 3-0 in the playoffs? The latest Toronto Raptors odds say no.
If either one of them gets hot, this series could come to a close and send Toronto home for the offseason. Will the 76ers get back on track and end Toronto’s magical season a bit early by winning their second game in Toronto? Unfortunately, the most recent Toronto Raptors odds remain pessimistic when looking at their chances to advance.
Last Updated Apr 28, 2022, 6:52AM EDT. After dropping the first three games of their first round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Toronto ...
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Joel Embiid and Philadelphia return to Toronto, where they need to rediscover their offense to avoid Game 7.
In the regular season, Philly had the league’s second-biggest differential between their record when they shot the league average (35.4%) or better from 3-point range ( 38-10, .792) and their record when they didn’t (13-21, .382). This time, Green was ready for the Anunoby switch (while Trent wasn’t), and he quickly popped to a wide-open 3 … In that super-efficient Game 1, the Sixers committed just four turnovers, with three of the four coming after they were up 20 with less than four minutes to go. Part of that is the Raptors being a team that doesn’t get to the rim a ton. In the regular season, Embiid defended a league-high 8.8 shots at the rim per game, and opponents shot just 58.7% at the rim when he was there to protect it. Two possessions later, the Sixers ran the same play. The Raptors didn’t switch the Green cross-screen. Credit the Raptors, who forced 3.4 more turnovers than they committed in the regular season. And Game 5 on Monday was their fifth least efficient game of the season (88 points on 94 possessions). According to Second Spectrum tracking though, the Sixers’ shot quality was better on Monday than it was in the previous three games. The Raptors scored just nine points on their first 11 possessions of the third quarter on Monday, but then got four straight scores by making Embiid defend on the perimeter. And only three of the previous 145 (including this year’s Brooklyn Nets and Denver Nuggets) who have faced that 0-3 deficit have even forced a Game 7.