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Who said the Toronto Raptors were afraid of a Game 7? The team’s two stars, DeMar Derozan and Kyle Lowry, made it clear after Friday’s loss to the Miami Heat that they look forward to the final game in the series. Lowry had a loose demeanor as he looked toward Game 7’s tilt versus the […]

DeMar DeRozan and the Toronto Raptors are locked in a title battle for a chance to appear in the Eastern Conference Finals. With a win tonight, Toronto advances to play the Cleveland Cavaliers in the next round, where no one is giving them a chance to win the series. According to Stephen A. Smith, DeRozan […]

During Game 5 between the Toronto Raptors and the Miami Heat, you might have noticed DeMar DeRozan in pain as a shoelace was wrapped around his right thumb, which has been hurt since Game 1. The injury is affecting his ability to grip the ball, and it’s been detrimental to his shooting all series. In Game […]

The Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat entered Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals with the series tied at 2-2. But, thanks in large part to DeMar DeRozan, the Raptors would come out on top at home to take a 3-2 series lead heading back to Miami. After suffering through shooting woes for most of […]

The entire postseason has been a struggle for DeMar DeRozan, and things have only gotten worse lately. In Game 1 against the Miami Heat, the Toronto Raptors shooting guard injured his right thumb, which is having an adverse effect on his ability to grip the ball, according to CBS Sports’ James Herbert: Re: thumb, DeMar […]

Everything is amplified in the playoffs, from the calls made by officials to the play on the court (from star players in particular). Despite advancing to the second round, the Raptors‘ DeMar DeRozan has been criticized for a number of poor performances this postseason, especially shooting and efficiency-wise. An injured thumb certainly hasn’t helped matters […]

On Thursday night, the Toronto Raptors managed to squeak by the Miami Heat in overtime, 96-92, to even their second round series at one game apiece. Still, it wasn’t pretty. Kyle Lowry scored 18 points, but he was 7-for-22 from the field and 1-for-7 from three-point land. DeMar DeRozan went 9-for-24 and just 2-for-8 from […]

Officiating has become the story of the NBA playoffs as of late, which is unfortunate. Before all of the madness that went down last night between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder, the league had to address a big missed call late in Game 7 between the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors. With […]

What initially seemed like a harmless, if not amusing, gesture by Magic Johnson could actually get him and the Los Angeles Lakers into trouble. Last night and again this morning, Johnson released a series of tweets asking Lakers Nation to demand that the franchise pursue DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Durant, and even LeBron James in free […]

After Riley Curry captured the world with her baby charm in front of an NBA press conference mic, there is no way to turn away cute little girls now who want to inject their say so at their fathers’ press conferences. Boys aren’t excluded either; Blake Griffin’s son demonstrated his adorable side recently as well. […]

Never change, Magic. Last night and then early this morning, Magic Johnson, the all-time Los Angeles Lakers great who won five titles with the franchise, took to Twitter to discuss his feelings on who he believes the Purple & Gold should pursue in free agency. With very little factual backing, Magic demands that the Lakers […]

By now you likely now how big a fan Drake is of the Toronto Raptors. The rapper used his Instagram to troll Paul George and his Pacers teammates throughout the first round playoff series, and now that Toronto won the series, he’s using his ‘Gram to celebrate as well. RELATED: Drake yells at Paul George […]

The Toronto Raptors find themselves in a bit of a hole in the first round of the playoffs once again. After going up on the seventh seeded Pacers two games to one, Indiana won Game 4 and currently holds a 61-52 lead at the half of Game 5. All-Star DeMar DeRozan is one of the […]

The Toronto Raptors haven’t received a good performance from star guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan so far during the postseason, and they know it. Despite being the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Raptors find themselves tied at two games apiece with the Indiana Pacers, in large part due to the struggles […]

Now that the NBA season has ended and the postseason is underway with full steam, it’s time to look back at some of the best plays of the season. If you kept up with all of the action, you’ll surely recognize some of these plays. Here are the NBA’s Top 10 plays of the year. 10. […]

The Toronto Raptors had a very disappointing playoff run last season as they got swept in the first round by the Washington Wizards. After a strong season this year, the Raptors have high hopes of going far in this year’s race but have had a shaky start after falling to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday […]

The Toronto Raptors are having a franchise best NBA season led by their all-star duo of DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry. They likely won’t get the number one overall seed, but they’re still playing very well to end the regular season in the North. In the fourth quarter of last night’s game against the New York […]