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Things are not looking good right now for head coach Dwane Casey and his top-seeded Toronto Raptors. On Thursday night, the Raptors fell apart in the second half of Game 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and were routed 128-110 at Air Canada Center to fall behind 2-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. DeMar DeRozan finished […]

Just like that, the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Toronto Raptors are down 2-0 in their series with the Cleveland Cavaliers after they squandered two straight halftime leads at home. Following the Raptors’ 113-112 overtime loss in Game 1, they got completely outplayed in the second half of Thursday night’s Game 2 with a 128-110 rout at […]

LeBron James was apparently so bored with the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar decided to clip his fingernails during Game 2. LeBron casually cutting his fingernails in the middle of a playoff game 😅 pic.twitter.com/y09Cmrqo68 — ESPN (@espn) May 3, 2018 The Cavaliers took the Raptors to the figurative woodshed Thursday […]

LeBron James handed a good beating to the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. While that was nearing an end, his good friend Dwyane Wade flocked to Twitter to show support. Wade, who’s probably out somewhere chilling, tweeted out: @KingJames Sheesh🤦🏾‍♂️ — DWade (@DwyaneWade) May 4, 2018 It was short yet potent with meaning. James almost […]

Fifty-one weeks ago, Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri announced it was time for a cultural reset. Just before the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers faced off last year’s NBA Finals, the All-Star duo of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan met with Head Coach Dwane Casey in Oakland to strike a pact. Things would be […]

One of the most coveted free agents this offseason is L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan. He is one of the few old-school centers remaining in the league, one who can defend the interior with tenacity and control the boards with reckless abandon. The highly athletic big man knows that he can get a better deal […]

The heavy minutes, the gargantuan workload, and the pressure to deliver in the playoffs all suggest that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is one tired human being. Even LeBron himself is saying that he’s exhausted. Don’t tell that to Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, though, as he is not buying the idea that James […]

When the playoffs roll around it’s usually the time that teams really lean on their veterans for success and a lot of the time that can really shorten up the rotation off the bench. Channing Frye, the former Cleveland Cavalier who was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. noticed […]

The NBA Playoffs truly bring out the intensity and passion out of not only the players, but also the fans – most notably, the celebrity fans. Through the years – with the exception of the New York Knicks’ Spike Lee and Los Angeles Lakers’ Jack Nicholson who remain fixtures on the arena of their beloved […]

In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Toronto Raptors held a lead for all 48 minutes until the game reached overtime, where the Cleveland Cavaliers got their first lead on a Kyle Korver top-of-the0-key triple. The Cavaliers eventually won the game, leaving the Raptors and their fans stunned. While that game was ending, […]

Looking back into a colossal collapse during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, DeMar DeRozan admitted to be surprised officials didn’t call a blatant Kevin Love elbow to the face during the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. “I don’t know why they didn’t look at it,” said DeRozan, according to Ryan Wolstat […]

The 2018 offseason is just a few months away and the biggest storyline this summer will be the destination of a certain number 23. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are currently fighting for their playoff lives in their second-round playoff match-up with the Toronto Raptors. The possibility that James will have his earliest playoff […]

The Toronto Raptors had all the right circumstances lined up for a second consecutive Game 1 victory this postseason after a 16-year tough luck streak without winning one in the postseason. Yet as the game went on, it became more and more apparent that the team was about to squander that possibility, resulting in a […]

In the critical moments of the game, every possession matters. Players are in overdrive mode, locked in on either scoring the basket on offense, or getting the ball back on defense. In Game 1 of the Conference Semifinals series between the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers, DeMar DeRozan showed that he was willing to do […]

There are a lot of people who are counting out LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in their series against the Toronto Raptors, especially after the showing the Cavs put up in the first round. Actually, it’s more a knock on James’ teammates than him, with no Cavs player outside of James scoring at least […]

The Toronto Raptors are set to welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Air Canada Centre for the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. As most hoops fans know, these are two teams that have become increasingly familiar with one another in recent seasons. In fact, the Cavs and Raptors have locked horns in the […]

LeBron James is one of the best in the world and can be an intimidating presence even to NBA veterans, but that isn’t the case for anyone. Rookie OG Anunoby is going to have his hands full trying to guard The King in the second round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but that doesn’t mean […]

As much as the NBA playoffs magnify the focus on the stars, the postseason also gives second-tier and unexpected players a chance to prove that they, too, matter in determining how deep their teams will go. Here we have five players who have been stepping up for their respective squads and surpassing expectations in the […]

The Toronto Raptors will once again have to go through the Cleveland Cavaliers this postseason in hopes to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavs have been the team’s kryptonite in the last two postseasons — taking them out in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2016 and sweeping them out in the semifinals last season, […]

Lance Stephenson tipped his cap after his Indiana Pacers fell short of moving into the second round of the postseason, suffering a crucial 105-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 on Sunday. The Pacers faced a tough task on the road, playing against a star determined to play 48 minutes to propel his […]

The Indiana Pacers fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday afternoon in Game 7 of their first round series, 105-101, officially eliminated from playoff contention. The series was the closest and likely the best of the first round with both Cavs’ superstar LeBron James and Pacers’ rising star Victor Oladipo exchanging blows each and every […]

When the Indiana Pacers traded Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis, they were laughed at. However, during the 2017-18 NBA season, Oladipo and company shocked the basketball world by winning 48 games, the fifth-best record in the Eastern Conference. In the first round of the playoffs against the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just suffered a massacre of epic proportions at the hands of the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of their first-round playoff matchup. The Cavs lost in embarrassing fashion, 121-87. The 34-point drubbing that the Cavs received just shows that the team may not be ready for an even more pressure-packed situation in […]

LeBron James will be facing his first winner-take-all game in a first-round series after a humiliating Game 6 loss by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Indiana Pacers on Friday. The Cavs will be playing on their turf which should boost their confidence for Game 7 at the Quicken Loans Arena. The winner of that game […]

Thanks in large part to solid outings from Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis, the Indiana Pacers managed to even their first round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers at three games apiece with a lop-sided 121-87 victory inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday night. During his post-game media availability, Pacers head coach Nate McMillan — no […]

The series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers will have a Game 7. The Toronto Raptors are just waiting on who they’ll face in the next round. If DeMar DeRozan is concerned, Pacers or Cavaliers — it doesn’t matter much. Per Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun, DeRozan was asked who he prefers to […]

Cleveland Cavaliers fans were once again witnesses to the greatness of LeBron James on Wednesday night. James knocked down the game-winning three-pointer with no time remaining, giving them a 3-2 series lead over the Indiana Pacers. It was the fourth game-winning shot of his playoff career, capping off a 44-point, 10-rebound, and 8-assist performance at […]

The Indiana Pacers have shockingly kept themselves from double-teaming the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, who is leading the league in postseason scoring with a furious clip of 34.8 points per game on 55 percent shooting from the field. While double-teaming a star with his vision has been a long-debated strategy, the Pacers have been carved […]

Carried solely by adrenaline after 42 minutes of packing an entire team and city on his shoulders, he jogged to the scorer’s table and leaped to the top. There, staring at thousands of fans as they scream in jubilation, he lets them know why it was never time to panic. “You know me!” Expressing the […]

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 5 in their best of seven first-round series against the Indiana Pacers but it wasn’t without controversy. James blocked Victor Oladipo’s shot with five seconds left to go in the game, but when the NBA released its Last Two Minute Report on Thursday night, it was deemed […]

The biggest blockbuster movie of all-time hits theaters worldwide today, when Marvel Studios releases the much anticipated Avengers: Infinity War. As the superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe take the stage, the NBA’s superstars are also in the spotlight known as the playoffs. The league’s best players have inspired young and old fans alike with […]

The Indiana Pacers and probably the entire population of Indianapolis were all up in arms after Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James was not called for a goaltending violation when he laid a huge block on Victor Oladipo late in the proceedings of Game 5 of the first round series between the two teams Wednesday night. […]

The Indiana Pacers failed to get the series lead back against the Cleveland Cavaliers, as they lost to LeBron James and company, 98-95, Wednesday. James came through at both ends of the floor late in the game to secure the win for the Cavs, including a monstrous block on Pacers guard Victor Oladipo’s layup attempt […]

For the first time in these playoffs, the Indiana Pacers find themselves trailing in the series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. That’s after Lance Stephenson and company absorbed a 98-95 road loss against LeBron James and the Cavs in Game 5 on Wednesday. The Pacers could have actually ended the game on top had Victor Oladipo’s […]

Through their playoff battles between the Cleveland Cavaliers/Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, LeBron James and Lance Stephenson have established an interesting rivalry over the years. While there is a major discrepancy in talent, Stephenson’s antics towards James can be considered as entertaining or annoying. As the first round series shifts back to Cleveland, the Cavaliers […]

Isaiah Thomas’ NBA story started as a feel-good one.  Selected last by the Sacramento Kings in the 2011 NBA Draft, Thomas worked his way through a number of challenges to prove his critics wrong. He has become a two-time All-Star, and just a year ago, was an MVP candidate and a playoff hero for the […]

We’ve learned a lot through the first week of the NBA Playoffs. Here are the 10 biggest takeaways so far: 10. Terry Stotts is on the hot seat Portland should feel embarrassed. They seemingly solidified their position as the third best team in the West after an impressive regular season and were clear favorites against […]

Ice Cube’s BIG3 League wrapped up it’s first season last summer. No one knew how big three-on-three basketball would become, but the nation-wide summer tournament turned into a huge hit and fed fans’ thirst for more basketball in the NBA’s offseason. Last year, 40 players joined eight BIG3 teams, and this year, a pool of […]

With a pivotal Game 4 of the first round series between the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers set for Sunday night, veteran shooting guard Lance Stephenson believes that the Pacers have the Cavs right where they want them. According to an article written by Mike Wells of ESPN, Stephenson opened up about his mentality heading into […]