Toronto Raptors News and Rumors

Back When The Knicks Won One

Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com

The Knicks last won a playoff game in 2001, a 97-89 first-round victory against the Raptors.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Normally, we’d start a 13-game night off with some recaps, but since the average margin of victory across the NBA last night was like 87 points, it felt good just to look forward to the weekend. The regular season is over and the matchups are set. In th…

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MILWAUKEE (AP) In the end, there wasn't anything Brandon Jennings, Monta Ellis or anybody else could do to save the Milwaukee Bucks ' faint playoff hopes. Not even winning.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

LeBron James scored 28 points before taking the fourth quarter off, Mike Miller added 13 points and the Miami Heat continued tuning up for the postseason by pulling away in the second half to beat the Toronto Raptors 96-72 on Wednesday night.

Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com

The Miami Heat will hold All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh out of their game Wednesday night against the Toronto Raptors.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

There was a point in the third quarter where you could see it on LeBron James‘ face. New Jersey was flowing. Miami was in a trance. And LeBron was annoyed. A late regular season game in New Jersey isn’t exactly the NBA Finals, but it’ll do for now, …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Jeff Teague had 19 points and 10 assists, Ivan Johnson scored 21 points and the Atlanta Hawks beat Toronto 109-87 on Monday night, their seventh win in eight games against the Raptors.

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ATLANTA (AP) DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points and the injury-riddled Toronto Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks 102-86 on Sunday night for their second straight win over a playoff-bound team.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Toronto Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani will miss the rest of the season with a calf injury.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Thaddeus Young scored 17 points, Nikola Vucevic had 12 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 93-75 on Wednesday night, an important victory in their chase of a playoff berth.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Danny Granger and George Hill scored 18 points each as the Indiana Pacers took an early lead and held off the Toronto Raptors 103-98 Monday night.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Oklahoma City had a 24-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters en route to a 91-75 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night, snapping the Thunder's season-high three-game losing streak.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Antawn Jamison scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Lester Hudson had a career-high 23 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 84-80 Friday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Best team in the Atlantic Division was a nice title for three months.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Andrea Bargnani scored 24 points and DeMar DeRozan had 18 to lead the Toronto Raptors to their third straight win, 99-78 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

*The interview printed below is from Dime #68. You can check it out in its entirety in the new issue, on newsstands now.* We wouldn’t be mad if you couldn’t pick Aaron Gray out of a lineup. Even if you saw him in a mall, he might be just another huge …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Andrea Bargnani scored 18 points, Jose Calderon and DeMar DeRozan each had 15 and the Toronto Raptors beat Washington 99-92 Sunday night, their fifth straight home victory over the Wizards.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Well at least New York can say for sure that Carmelo Anthony is alive. Still, the Hawks beat them by 10 after withstanding an old school ‘Melo performance (36 points, nine rebounds). At one point in the fourth, after Joe Johnson (28 points) had rocked t…

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TORONTO (AP) Dwyane Wade was determined to put in a strong performance for a stricken family member.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Oh poor Jose Calderon. Should we give him credit for sticking in there? At best, he should’ve taken another step outside of the restricted area so he could take a charge. That way JaVale McGee would’ve contributed another clip to his top 5 dunk fails …

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With about six minutes left in the fourth quarter of their game Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets, the Toronto Raptors found themselves trailing by...

nba.com

Toronto Raptors guard Jerryd Bayless is expected to miss the rest of the season after partially tearing a left oblique muscle.

nba.com

The Toronto Raptors have signed guard Ben Uzoh to a 10-day contract.

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TORONTO (AP) No one in the NBA has made as many 3's as Orlando's Ryan Anderson this season. He widened his lead Monday night.