Raptors

It's not as if this season is make or break — it's not title or bust for the Toronto Raptors. But it's definitely 'let's see some progress or maybe we'll ...

And the one after that and the one after that. You start doing the math on what a full season of good health for [OG Anunoby](/basketball/nba/players/og-anunoby/900535) and a full off-season of preparation for Barnes and Siakam could mean and presume VanVleet returns to the form that earned him his first all-star nod last season and it's easy to believe. "There were a lot of moves made in the off-season that ended up landing in the East… Last year was the spark to the fire, and this year we're just ready to just make sure that we piggyback off what we did last year, and just continue to improve and get better." Injuries were the source of their late-season swoon that saw the Raptors surge past them on their way to fifth place. After the opener, Toronto travels to Brooklyn to face the star-laden Nets, who may not have disassembled by then, before heading to Miami for two games against the Heat, who were No. VanVleet played the best basketball of his career in the first half of the season, driving the offence, anchoring the defence, and making threes at a Steph Curry-like clip. And then they added pieces to what should be a passable NBA bench in Achiuwa looked like one of the most athletically talented players in the league on more than a few nights and Siakam played the best basketball of his career from Jan. We have to make sure we take care of business each and every game... [Pascal Siakam](/basketball/nba/players/pascal-siakam/853408), who was coming off a concerning season in 2020-21 and off-season shoulder surgery to boot? Last year, the beginning was more of a learning process.

Fresh off an All-NBA season and a full offseason to prepare, Siakam isn't satisfied. Can he take his game to the next level?

But Siakam bounced back and put together the best season of his career to date, followed by a spirited playoff performance that put many people’s worries to rest. He is a key part of the Raptors’ swarming defense — his length, blazing close-out speed, and feel allow him to quickly recover to the perimeter while the defense is rotating. He’s also a good help defender, not only because of his quickness but also his ability to contest at the rim. It would also mean more post passes would be swung to a good shooter, as opposed to the occasions when Siakam kicks it out and the ball is perfectly swung, only to end up in the hands of a wide-open, non-shooting defensive specialist. We want him to continue to grow in that aspect because that's what it takes to be one of the elites." As soon as Dosunmu gets in his face, Siakam uses his length to pass overtop Dosunmu’s arms to VanVleet, who swings it to Trent, who swings it to Anunoby for a clean three-point attempt: Siakam upped his mid-range frequency last season, and effectively uses the threat of the shot to his advantage. Even if he doesn’t quite reach that level, a leap that vaults Siakam into the top 10 or so is in play. But between 2020 and 2022, overshadowed by a magnified Bubble disappointment and overblown trade rumours, Siakam made big strides towards his top-five goal — most importantly, he became increasingly comfortable as the team’s first option. Some non-Raptors followers might not know it, but once he settled in post-surgery, Siakam played the best basketball of his life last year. [shared his lofty goal](https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nba/news/pascal-siakam-top-five-player-raptors/uzf2bniqhka6gabieao0nzf2) of becoming a top-five player in the league, the instinctive reaction was naturally a strong sense of doubt. The top tier of NBA superstars is a transcendent group of players, and there’s no shame in being somewhere beneath them.

After the Toronto Raptors' 108-105 comeback win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, William Lou offers 10 takeaways on how the team looked and played ...

The only unfortunate part of his game was the foul trouble, which was in part due to his assignment of wrestling with centres for the starting unit. Eight: Save for a pair of clumsy drives in the first quarter, this was a perfect game from Anunoby. Hernangomez is on the floor for his shooting, which is in short supply despite the Raptors hitting 13 triples, but should be paired with strong defenders. Although his offence will still come and go on account of the inconsistency in jump-shooting, the one thing that cannot waver is his commitment to the defensive end. He jumpstarted the comeback with a pair of drive-and-kick dimes to Anunoby triples, and completed two drives where he was able to use his strength and length to angle around Allen and Dean Wade for key layups down the stretch. His first shift saw him completely turned around on a triple from Caris LeVert, launch an airball from deep, and then get stripped on a routine cut to the basket. The action involves VanVleet setting the screen for Siakam in the middle of the floor, before VanVleet flares out to the 3-point line. He set the tone early with his extra efforts on the glass, helping to limit Cleveland's size advantage, and his activity on defence was noticeably higher than his teammates. He powered the offence in the first half by getting into his improved midrange game, and he showed poise down the stretch by making the right reads. The next time down, Cleveland tagged VanVleet more closely, but there was a gap in the middle of the floor, which Siakam sensed and alertly drove it inside for a floater to push the lead up to six. To cap it off, [Scottie Barnes](/basketball/nba/players/scottie-barnes/1251666) made a hard cut to give VanVleet a target on the ensuing inbound, then pushed the ball ahead before Cleveland could foul him so [Precious Achiuwa](/basketball/nba/players/precious-achiuwa/1175124) could ice the game with a dunk. It was a tight game between two evenly matched teams, and it came right down to the wire.

Optimism was quite high regarding the Toronto Raptors chances of having a twice-in-their-lifetime season heading into Wednesday's 2022-23 opener against ...

“We’ve seen a lot of popularity around the Raptors ahead of tonight’s home opener—an overwhelming 97% of bets on the Raptors win total of 46.5 have been OVER bets,” said Rob Warendorf, a FanDuel Trader, before Wednesday’s tip-off. Article content

Pascal Siakam a récolté 23 points et les Raptors de Toronto ont entamé leur 28e saison du bon pied, mercredi, l'emportant 108-105 contre les Cavaliers de ...

Il a été un partant lors de 28 rencontres. c’est bon pour l’état d’esprit et pour une meilleure énergie, a déclaré VanVleet à propos de gagner le premier match. Otto Porter et le Montréalais Chris Boucher sont blessés à l’arrière de la cuisse. Cleveland a encore rétréci la marge (des lancers francs de Caris LeVert, avec 4,5 secondes à jouer), mais les Raptors ont ensuite porté le coup final : VanVleet a remis à Barnes qui a refilé à Precious Achiuwa, pour un dunk. Trent a obtenu 19 points et O. Le groupe de Nick Nurse a toutefois bien géré une remise au jeu, puis un lancer franc de Gary Trent a amené la marque à 106-103.

It was an electric start to the Toronto Raptors' 2022-23 season with a real nail-biter of a W at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday evening. The Raptors...

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Thaddeus Young has worn many hats over his 15-year career. With Toronto, he'll continue wearing more than one, all in the name of producing winning ...

If VanVleet is the floor general with the starters, Young is the leader of the young reserves. Young can be whatever the Raptors ask him to be. On any given night, he can crash the glass like a young Chris Bosh, zip a pass through a tiny hole like Mighty Mouse, or utilize his veteran savvy to get buckets like a not-quite-past-his-prime Jalen Rose. Since Isiah was being ousted, Damon wanted to support the man that believed in (and drafted) him. When the Raptors traded for Thad Young, he was a 15-year veteran with an expiring contract. “The plan was always to go back. Thad Young was the only player born in the 80s. That didn’t stop him from leading the team in scoring in his first full season with Toronto (a squad, mind you, that also had Bosh and Carter). What’s particularly interesting about these lineups is that a) none of them include a variation with all starters and b) Young thrives with both starters and reserves. Thad Young appears in more lineups (5) than anyone else. whose Rookie of the Year award was supposed to be an omen of the new franchise’s blossoming future. He led the

The Toronto Raptors open their season Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena against the team that had arguably the best offseason in the NBA in the Cleveland ...

It escaped me a few days ago when I was doling out season-long tips for betting on the NBA, but I really feel like fans, the media and betting markets are sleeping on Phoenix. Utah is going to be bad this season, and they don’t have the horses to exploit Denver’s defensive weaknesses. The ideal role players to pair with the Murray-Jokic two-man game. I like the Spurs to win this game outright in an upset, so I’m taking San Antonio (+2). In Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, the Nuggets have also added two role players who fit their system perfectly. Despite the Spurs' upcoming tank-a-thon, teams like this are particularly frisky early in the season. This means Cleveland will have an elite point-of-attack guard on the floor at all times if the Cavs want to stagger their minutes, along with an elite rim protector/roll man, assuming they stagger Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. The Cavaliers relied too heavily on Darius Garland last season, and the young star will have another ball-handler to carry the load. The best defender in their backcourt is Fred VanVleet, who is more than capable of guarding Garland or Mitchell. The season is officially and truly underway. One could argue that Cleveland had the best offseason in the league. But if you’re into clean rotations, rim protection and great defensive coaching, this is the game for you, Raps fans.

The 2022-23 NBA season could be one that defines the direction of the Toronto Raptors. Sportsnet's basketball insiders answer some of the key questions that ...

The Raptors have hit the over in 10 of the last 11 seasons, and 10 of the last 10 when they weren't displaced to Tampa. However, Banton is still new enough to the NBA (having been drafted last season and playing significant minutes in the G-League) that they may not realize how well-rounded of a player he’s become throughout the offseason. He brings a spark off the bench with a new level of confidence gained from being a leader on both Team Canada and on the Raptors’ NBA Summer League team. If these answers feel like cheating, Banton looks like a significantly more confident offensive player this year and is the key to that Raptors second unit being a terror in transition. It’s been a little bit of a quiet few weeks for him due to his hamstring injury (he’s expected to play the opener), but once Boucher settled into his niche as a high-energy disruptor off the bench mid-way through last season, the Raptors really began to benefit, and towards the end of the year his three-point touch returned too. More specifically, Siakam doesn't get to the free-throw line as much as you'd like for a top option, in part because he's traded some attempts at the rim for more of his floater and mid-range package. The return of his three-point stroke — as much a product of which shots he gets to take in the offence as it is any decline in skill — would help, too. Aiming to be amongst the best of the best comes down to how many high-level performances he can string together on a nightly basis. Take that skillset, along with active defence and a top-two seeding in the East, and Siakam will be in that conversation. He needs to play a lot of games (70-plus) and a lot of minutes (36-plus) in order to hit the kind of stat thresholds that will catch voters’ attention, which will likely be in the range of 25 points/eight rebounds/seven assists on good efficiency. But if he shoots for top-five and earns all-NBA (top-15) honours again, the Raptors will be in great shape, and so will Siakam, as he’ll be eligible for a five-year ‘super-max’ contract in the $300-million range. I think we'll know fairly early, too — the Raptors have a very difficult schedule to start the season, and if their rotation continuity can lead them to a strong start, we know this is a group that can find belief in themselves and play a lot of very good regular season basketball.

The rebuilding Toronto Raptors were a revelation last season. Picked by virtually no one to make any noise, the Raptors won 48 games to finish fifth in the ...

The Toronto Raptors aren't giving up on Malachi Flynn quite yet. The organization has reportedly picked up the third-year guard's $3.9 million fourth-year ...

A big summer including some impressive pro-am game performances during the offseason has created some hope that Flynn can turn things around in what could be a make-or-break season for the 6-foot-1 point guard. He's shot just 32.6% from behind the arc through two seasons and his on-ball defense hasn't been exactly what the Raptors had hoped for when they made him the No. Flynn has periodically shown flashes of being a valuable player, first in 2020-21 while the team played in Tampa and more recently during the second half of last year when he took over for an ailing Fred VanVleet.

With the beginning of the Raptors season tonight, there are still questions that linger and could take all year to answer.

The same personnel exists this year along with the NBA changing the rules to [ discourage the take foul to stop fast breaks](https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2022/10/11/raptors-get-a-refresher-on-the-nba-rules-old-and-new.html). [defensive malleability via height](https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2022/10/18/the-raptors-may-be-known-as-a-collection-of-six-foot-eight-players-but-it-takes-6-1-fred-vanvleet-to-make-it-all-work.html) which helped facilitate easy transition points. But Banton averaged 11 points in five games [in the pre-season ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2022/10/03/dalano-banton-has-many-supporters-across-canada-the-raptors-hope-to-maximize-his-on-court-potential.html)on 52.4 per cent shooting from the field. [Dalano Banton ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2021/10/16/rexdale-is-him-raptors-rookie-dalano-banton-inspiring-the-neighbourhood-he-grew-up-in.html)and Malachi Flynn suffered from lack of consistency on both sides of the ball last season. Flynn missed most of the pre-season [with a fractured cheekbone ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2022/10/05/malachi-flynn-out-with-injury-raptors-hopeful-hell-be-back-before-nba-season-starts.html)so he didn’t get a chance to showcase for the role although ESPN reported Wednesday that the Raptors picked up the fourth-year option on his contract. He’s a good passer and Barnes remains one of the best rebounders on the team but his shooting development is one to watch during his second year. The Raptors have [bet on internal growth](https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/analysis/2022/10/17/breaking-down-the-2022-23-toronto-raptors-roster-they-look-a-lot-like-last-year.html). [one shot away from the Finals](https://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_smiths_sports_blog/2022/05/30/butler-s-shot-in-celtics-heat-game-7-yielded-a-tough-result-from.html), Milwaukee has [Giannis Antetokounmpo](https://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/2022/10/19/playoff-loss-drives-antetokounmpo-as-he-aims-to-regain-title.html), Cleveland and Atlanta [made win-now trades ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_smiths_sports_blog/2022/09/02/blockbuster-mitchell-trade-won-t-shift-the-eastern-conference-ba.html)and Brooklyn has [Kevin Durant](https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/analysis/2022/08/23/kevin-durant-is-staying-with-the-brooklyn-nets-what-does-that-mean-for-the-raptors-and-rest-of-the-nba.html), Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving in a year without vaccine requirements. Can he shoot the three ball at volume while maintaining or exceeding last year’s efficiency? The season before last, Achiuwa didn’t attempt one three-pointer with Miami. [Skip Advertisement] Two of these teams are going to be in the play-in: Nets, Celtics, Bucks, Cavaliers, Raptors, Heat, 76ers and Hawks.

As I was previewing the season, and getting familiar with all the teams and players, I realized there are almost no easy games for anybody this season. There ...

Some have placed his name in the MVP conversation, and Siakam himself said he strives to be one of the best players in the league, (which is way less of a story than people make it out to be). He is already nearly unstoppable in the post, or on the drive, and he has shown the ability to stretch the floor. [Fred VanVleet](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vanvlfr01.html) and [O.G. I’m saying that Siakam needs to channel his inner Kawhi Leonard and start dominating the mid-range game. [Donovan Mitchell](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mitchdo01.html), Cleveland enters this season with an all star duo at the guard position. As much as Cleveland has other threats offensively, these two are the straw that stirs the drink. [Darius Garland](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/garlada01.html) and Donovan Mitchell can and will carve you up offensively. Offensively Barnes is given a lot of freedom to initiate, but will also likely run as a screen-and-short-roll man. If both of them can stretch their game out beyond the arc this year, these two sophomores could be seeing all star selections sooner than initially expected. While the two of them bring a huge impact, their play styles are fairly different. To make it even more contentious, a lot of people believe Barnes edged Mobley out because he played five more games. The long-awaited time since a slightly disappointing playoff exit to the [Philadelphia 76ers](https://www.libertyballers.com/) is behind us!

The Toronto Raptors kick off their 2022-23 campaign at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.

This is a tough season-opening matchup for him after an underwhelming preseason. Barnes, who averaged 15.3 points per game in his first year, goes up against a Cavaliers team that had the sixth-best defensive efficiency in the NBA last season. Garland is a 20-plus point threat every night who dishes the ball, too. But Garland cooked while breaking out last season and routinely cleared this line. [Skip Advertisement] But we’re fading one of them and looking elsewhere on the prop market tonight.

The Toronto Raptors welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to Scotiabank Arena for their regular-season opener tonight.

After spending much of the season near the top end of the conference, the Cavaliers fell down the standings late in the season. Meanwhile, Cleveland is coming off a ninth-place finish in the conference after falling to the Atlanta Hawks in a play-in matchup. The Raptors finished fifth in the Eastern Conference last season with a 48-34 record and were ousted in six games by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the post-season.

Birch, Boucher doubtful for season opener; Porter Jr. still nursi... The Toronto Raptors have officially exercised the third-year contract option ...

Flynn is going into his third season with the Raps after being selected with the No. He scored 9.1 points and grabbed 6.5 rebounds per game in 73 contests last season. In addition to Flynn, the Raptors have picked up team options on Precious Achiuwa's 4th year and Scottie Barnes' 3rd year, as expected. Barnes won the 2021-22 Rookie of the Year award after an impressive first season that saw him average 15.3 points and 7.5 rebounds on 49.2 per cent shooting in 74 games. 4 overall out of Florida State last summer. The Toronto Raptors have officially exercised the third-year contract option on forward Scottie Barnes and the fourth-year options on guard Malachi Flynn and forward Precious Achiuwa.

The Toronto Raptors will take on the Cleveland Cavaliers to open the regular season Wednesday night. Here's where to watch, odds, and a preview of the game.

(hamstring)](https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/news/toronto-raptors-share-injury-report-khem-birch-otto-porter-jr-out-chris-boucher-questionable). He said he was planning to be in shape and ready to go for Oct. The Raptors are -2.5 point favorites against the Cavaliers with an implied win probability of 58.7%. It's time to see what these Raptors really look like when the ball goes up. - It's the season opener! ET against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Pascal Siakam led the way for the Raptors, with 15 points and nine rebounds. Gary Trent Jr. added 10 points. The major off-season acquisition for Cleveland, ...

He showcased a strong defensive effort and collected a couple of rebounds in his first shift. VanVleet took an elbow to the face as the quarter ended and was on the floor for a few minutes. The major off-season acquisition for Cleveland, Donovan Mitchell, contributed 13 points in his debut.

The NBA season tips off for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night at Scotiabank Arena.

As will the expected growth for Barnes and Cleveland’s Evan Mobley, who finished No. Entering a new campaign, the Raptors and Cavaliers are expected to perform on similar levels. The pregame narrative: The Cavaliers made a big offseason splash by trading for Donovan Mitchell after dropping both play-in games to conclude their 2021-22 season. Barnes over 26.5 pts./reb./ast. In that case, we like the plus-money team that performed favourably in this matchup a season ago and now has the brightest star in the bunch. 5 seed — but a first-round exit followed.

Pascal Siakam had 23 points and 11 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors used a furious fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in their season ...

Rookie Christian Koloko’s first NBA basket was a huge put back dunk that was part of a Raptors’ run to tie the game late in the third quarter. The Raptors wore warm-up shirts with “VOTE” across the chest, ahead of the Nov. A 12-0 Raptors run that straddled the first and second quarters put Toronto up 33-22. The Raptors made almost no changes to the team that found their groove in the second half of last season en route to 48 wins. The Cavs gained possession with 19.9 seconds left after Barnes was whistled for travelling. Scottie Barnes and Fred VanVleet finished with 15 apiece, while Precious Achiuwa chipped in with 10.

The Toronto Raptors bounced back from a slow offensive start to bank a crucial early season victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers to start the year.

Precious Achiuwa was the first to check in off the bench in the first half but was replaced by Koloko as the first sub in the second half. He hooked up with Scottie Barnes for the go-ahead bucket late in the fourth and a pair of crucial three-pointers in the final frame. Toronto went with the usual suspects to open the game as expected. Pascal Siakam made it clear he wants to be a top-five player in the league this season and his All-NBA campaign certainly started off on the right foot Wednesday night. At the season's end, it came back to haunt them, finishing three games back of the second seed in the conference before falling in the first round to the Philadelphia 76ers. In an early season measuring-stick game against the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers, the Raptors found their offensive groove late, turning a dreadful shooting performance into a breakout 32-point fourth quarter en route to a 108-105 victory at Scotiabank Arena.

With the visiting Cavaliers featuring two seven-foot stars, Raptors coach Nick Nurse gave the rookie centre 15 minutes off the bench in the 108-105 win.

That’s going to take a little time to figure out.” “I always throw out 20 games (when) we’ll probably be tinkering around with some things,” Nurse said. He acquitted himself well — three points and six rebounds — and will surely gain more of Nurse’s confidence, at least until the injured Chris Boucher gets back.

Les Raptors de Toronto ont signé une victoire de 108 à 105 à leur match inaugural de la saison 2022-2023, mercredi soir, au Scotiabank Arena.

Le Camerounais a mené les siens avec un double-double de 23 points et 11 rebonds. Scottie Barnes (15 points) et O.G. Cette remontée a été complétée grâce à un effort d’équipe au dernier quart.

It wasn't perfect, but it was a promising start for the Toronto Raptors. Facing another team with designs on contending in the East, the Raptors edged the ...

“But we made our share of mistakes that we need to clean up and the schedule is not getting any easier.” It got pretty tense from that point as the Cavs worked their way to the line enough to cut Toronto’s lead to one with 4.5 seconds to play, but Scottie Barnes found a streaking Precious Achiuwa for a dunk to break the Cavs press and put the game on ice. The first step was -- in theory -- a doozy. Then come two on the road in Miami, two at home against the 76ers and the new-look Atlanta Hawks. The Cavaliers shot 48.7 per cent from the floor and made 10 threes to Toronto’s 13, which was the difference. After the Raptors knocked down four straight threes to start the fourth quarter to pull back from an eight-point deficit to finish the third, it was a gorgeous assist from Siakam to O.G. Siakam’s performance in the second half of last season was the prime mover in the Raptors' late surge and -- having pledged to prove himself as a top-five player -- he got off to a strong start against Cleveland. The Raptors will likely need all they can get from Siakam as they struggled to score most of the game from their half-court offence -- an issue for much of last season. I thought just in general, just their body language and the communication they were having, they were really locked in in the morning prep and as well tonight.” And the Raptors especially have to be pleased with how the fourth quarter turned out. Down by eight to start, the Raptors turned to their tried-and-true rotation with their five starters playing almost the entire period, the exception being Pascal Siakam who was burdened with foul trouble. “It feels good to not be teaching on the fly,” said Raptors guard Fred VanVleet, who finished with 15 points -- the lowest scoring total among the Raptors starters' in a well-rounded attack -- and five assists.

Pascal Siakam a récolté 23 points dans la victoire de 108-105 contre les Cavaliers de Cleveland.

Il a été un partant lors de 28 rencontres. Cleveland a encore rétréci la marge (des lancers francs de Caris LeVert, avec 4,5 secondes à jouer), mais les Raptors ont ensuite porté le coup final : VanVleet a remis à Barnes qui a refilé à Precious Achiuwa, pour un dunk. Otto Porter et le Montréalais Chris Boucher sont blessés à l'arrière de la cuisse. Le groupe de Nick Nurse a toutefois bien géré une remise au jeu, puis un lancer franc de Gary Trent a amené la marque à 106-103. Toronto l'a choisi au 4e rang en 2021. Recrue de la saison dans la NBA la saison dernière, Barnes a un contrat qui s'étend jusqu'à la fin de la saison 2023-2024, tout comme Achiuwa et Flynn.

Avec Scottie Barnes, la recrue par excellence de la dernière saison dans la NBA, l'avenir est rose à Toronto. Photo : La Presse canadienne / Frank Gunn.

À mon humble avis, les Raptors seront en mesure de répliquer leurs performances de l'an dernier, mais ils ne connaîtront pas forcément les mêmes résultats au classement. La compétition dans cette association, dans laquelle les Raptors disputent 52 de leurs 82 matchs, s'annonce donc plus relevée que l'an dernier. La direction des Raptors n'a pas opté pour le statu quo au cours de l'entre-saison. Toronto n'a fait que prolonger les vétérans Chris Boucher et Thaddeus Young, en plus de mettre sous contrat le vétéran Otto Porter fils. Anunoby, Gary Trent fils et Precious Achiuwa en leur confiant plus le ballon? Et Anunoby n'a disputé que 48 rencontres en raison de diverses blessures. Seul Brooklyn les dépassera par rapport à l'an dernier. Ne vous attendez pas à ce que les Raptors de Toronto remportent les grands honneurs cette année. Anunoby en a 25. Ils pourraient bientôt être de retour au sommet. L'équipe n'est pas outillée pour répéter son exploit de 2019. Ils ont toutefois été

Pascal Siakam had 23 points and 11 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors used a furious fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in their season ...

Rookie Christian Koloko's first NBA basket was a huge put-back dunk that was part of a Raptors' run to tie the game late in the third quarter. A 12-0 Raptors run that straddled the first and second quarters put Toronto up 33-22. The Raptors made almost no changes to the team that found their groove in the second half of last season en route to 48 wins. "That one time we let our guard down, they hit us with a hook in the fourth. "And then we got pretty good shots most of the time down." "We didn't do a bunch of things that we can control, turnovers," he said.

Held back by foul trouble and a few errors that can be chalked up to youthful exuberance, Scottie exploded on both sides of the ball late in the game. Whether ...

It’s going to be a long and fun season and we should enjoy the rollercoaster ride of a campaign. - The bench continues to be an issue for this team. While we’ll continue to nitpick and overanalyze tonight’s game, my journalism professor reminded me to take a step back and chill. Outside of the one possession he dug down to help on penetration to force a Cleveland turnover, Jauncho was invisible on the court. While Raptors fans may not always believe in his offense and defensive philosophies, he does a great job of distributing opportunities between his five capable starters. The Cavs happily conceded those corner threes to Thad despite the vet knocking down the first one. Dalano has the inside track on the backup point guard minutes and while he had a promising preseason, Nurse went to what he knew and still played Fred VanVleet 39 minutes. Raptors fans – myself included – will push the MIP agenda but those moments that pop on the television screen that Precious often produces were non-existent tonight. He likely has felt like this since the beginning but Freddie played tonight like he no longer worries about filling the shoes of Kyle Lowry. When Cleveland erased an 11-point deficit to go up by two points, Gary created his own look on the following possession and got an and-1. It’s one thing to save your energy for the offensive side, but it’s a completely different thing to bring it on both ends. He was instrumental in the team’s strong fourth quarter, knocking down momentum swinging triples and being a nuisance to Mitchell late.

Pascal Siakam scores 23 points, Gary Trent Jr. adds 19 as Toronto Raptors kick off 2022-23 season with 108-105 victory over Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Raptors wore warm-up shirts with “VOTE” across the chest, ahead of the Nov. Rookie Christian Koloko’s first NBA basket was a huge put-back dunk that was part of a Raptors’ run to tie the game late in the third quarter. The Raptors made almost no changes to the team that found their groove in the second half of last season en route to 48 wins. A 12-0 Raptors run that straddled the first and second quarters put Toronto up 33-22. “That one time we let our guard down, they hit us with a hook in the fourth. “And then we got pretty good shots most of the time down.”

TORONTO — Les Raptors de Toronto ont validé l'option aux contrats de Scottie Barnes, Precious Achiuwa et Malachi Flynn, mercredi. Recrue de la saison dans la NBA la saison dernière, Barnes a un contrat qui s'étend jusqu'à la fin de la saison 2023-24, ...

TORONTO - Pascal Siakam a récolté 23 points et les Raptors de Toronto ont entamé leur 28e saison du bon pied, mercredi, l'emportant 108-105 contre les ...

Il a été un partant lors de 28 rencontres. Trent a montré une fiche de quatre en huit pour les tirs de trois points. c'est bon pour l'état d'esprit et pour une meilleure énergie, a déclaré VanVleet à propos de gagner le premier match. Otto Porter et le Montréalais Chris Boucher sont blessés à l'arrière de la cuisse. Cleveland a encore rétréci la marge (des lancers francs de Caris LeVert, avec 4,5 secondes à jouer), mais les Raptors ont ensuite porté le coup final: VanVleet a remis à Barnes qui a refilé à Precious Achiuwa, pour un dunk. Le groupe de Nick Nurse a toutefois bien géré une remise au jeu, puis un lancer franc de Gary Trent a amené la marque à 106-103.