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After a big Game 5 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse revealed that Kawhi Leonard wanted the ball to make plays down the stretch. In the postgame press conference, Nurse observed that Kawhi Leonard seemed to get stronger as the fourth quarter went on. He also wanted the ball and […]

The Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in memorable fashion on Thursday night after weathering an early storm in the first quarter. The Raptors and Kawhi Leonard slowly whittled down Milwaukee’s lead in the third quarter before blowing the doors open in the fourth quarter on the back of 10-0 and 12-6 runs. The Raps […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors are locked in a fierce battle for supremacy in the Eastern Conference. The latest episode in this drama played out in Game 5 in Milwaukee on Thursday night. Though some famous fans were in attendance for the Bucks, their foes were ready to fight, and the Raptors were able […]

The Milwaukee Bucks’ inability to foul the Toronto Raptors in the waning moments of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals sealed the former’s win, and a wide open Pascal Siakam throwdown. With 23.3 seconds left in the game, Toronto led by three, 100-97. Milwaukee was already in the bonus. Raptors center Marc Gasol inbounded […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo went coast to coast and threw down a sledgehammer on the Toronto Raptors’ defense. Peep the clip below by NBA on TNT. After getting the offensive rebound, Antetokounmpo went on a one-man fast break. The Raptors already had their defensive wall set up but the Bucks superstar was just too […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors faced off in a crucial Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday night with the series knotted up at two games apiece. The Bucks performed incredibly well in the first season for the team’s new stadium, and the recent playoff games there have brought out local stars […]

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry is now the franchise leader in playoff points. Lowry accomplished the feat in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday. Your NEW franchise leader in playoff points Congrats, @Klow7! #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/J8bwPchJw3 — Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) May 24, 2019 Lowry is playing in his […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse thinks superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard is fresher for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks. Leonard has been dealing with an apparent left leg injury over the past two games. The Raptors won Games 3 and 4 up in Toronto to even up the […]

Former NBA point guard Gilbert Arenas says neither the Milwaukee Bucks nor Toronto Raptors can defeat the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. Arenas says the Bucks and Raptors don’t have enough weapons on offense to compete with the Warriors even if Kevin Durant doesn’t play in the Finals. I've said it before, and […]

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith loves what rapper and Toronto Raptors ambassador Drake is doing on the sidelines and says the Milwaukee Bucks should stop complaining about it. Drake has been trash talking Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and roaming the sidelines. He even rubbed the shoulders of Raptors head coach Nick Nurse in Game 4. […]

The two Most Valuable Player frontrunners in Houston Rockets guard James Harden and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo lead the 15-man shortlist of the 2018-19 All-NBA selections: The All-NBA Teams: pic.twitter.com/ZdTEWdDEAo — Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 23, 2019 Both Antetokounmpo and Harden, two of the three finalists fro the MVP award were named unanimous selections, […]

Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet has been on an excused leave of absence to be with his wife, who gave birth to a son on Monday. Freddy missed this morning’s shootaround as well, but he’s expected to be available for Thursday night’s Game 5 matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to a report from […]

Draymond Green is well aware of the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors presenting a very different challenge from what they’ve seen thus far in the West, but the Golden State Warriors’ engine knows this newly focused version of the defending champions will challenge whoever comes out of the East: “Both teams have great length. […]

Kawhi Leonard’s lingering leg injury is one the Toronto Raptors have expressed some concern for, as he was seen limping his way to a Game 3 overtime win and favoring his right leg during Game 4 of the series. However, coach Nick Nurse stood firm with his take that the superstar forward is fine to […]

With hopes of making Kawhi Leonard stay with the Toronto Raptors long term, a real estate company has offered to give the defensive stalwart a multi-million penthouse for free. Simon Mass, CEO of The Condo Store Realty Inc., has offered Leonard a multi-million-dollar penthouse in downtown Toronto if he signs long term with the Raptors. […]

Kendrick Perkins has chimed in on the Eastern Conference Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks. For him, Giannis Antetokounmpo — the leading candidate for MVP — is being exposed by defensive stalwart Kawhi Leonard in the series. As posted by Speak For Yourself, Leonard — amid his ailing right leg — is […]

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer will likely take home his second Coach of the Year award this season after leading the Bucks to 60 wins and generally trouncing their competition en route to the best record in the NBA. The Bucks mostly sleepwalked through the first two round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, but […]

Should the Toronto Raptors be concerned about Kawhi Leonard? FOX Sports analyst Chris Broussard thinks so. With Leonard clearly playing through pain as seen in Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Broussard wonders if the Raptors All-Star forward is breaking down. "Kawhi's body may be breaking down on him. … That would […]

Anyone questioning the prudence of “load management” need look no further than the playoff performance of Kawhi Leonard. Limited to 60 games during the regular season due to scheduled rest after he missed most of last year with tendinopathy in his right quadriceps, Leonard has arguably been the league’s best player in the postseason, taking […]

The Toronto Raptors won Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals with Kawhi Leonard laboring. Now, as this series shifts back to the Milwaukee Bucks’ home court for the first of a best-of-three, comes news that the Raptors’ second-best player is experiencing major discomfort, too. On Wednesday, Nick Nurse elaborated on the extent […]

Even as shifting Kawhi Leonard onto Giannis Antetokounmpo has made a huge difference in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Toronto Raptors would no doubt prefer if they had another viable defender of the league’s MVP frontrunner available. Unfortunately for Nick Nurse’s team, though, O.G. Anunoby likely won’t be healthy enough to return to the floor […]

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer says “there’s no place” for Toronto Raptors ambassador and rapper Drake to be going out on the court. In Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Drake talked a lot of trash to Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo. Drake was also on the Raptors sideline in Game […]

Scotiabank Arena was absolutely rocking on Tuesday night. Fueled by lingering excitement of their team’s stunning double-overtime win 48 hours earlier, Toronto Raptors fans were loud from the opening tip to the final buzzer of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, another Toronto victory over the Milwaukee Bucks that evened this series at two […]

Kawhi Leonard clearly wasn’t himself in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Limited by an injury to his left leg suffered in Game 3, the Toronto Raptors superstar sorely lacked his normal burst and explosion on Tuesday night, forcing him to take more of a backseat offensively than he has for any other game […]

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green doesn’t really care who the Dubs play in the NBA Finals. The Warriors will face either the Toronto Raptors or Milwaukee Bucks. The Raptors and Bucks are tied at 2-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals. Game 1 of the NBA Finals is on May 30. Green is confident […]

If you’ve been watching the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks face off in the Eastern Conference Finals, you’ve definitely seen hip-hop superstar Drake in the front row. The Canadian rapper is a huge Raptors fan and has been a mainstay in the courtside seats during the playoff run. Drake has already accrued some camera worth […]

The NBA has announced the 2018-19 season’s All-Defensive teams, starring some of the most notable stalwarts in the game. #NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams have been announced: pic.twitter.com/QOqj4hCj40 — Ryan Ward (@RyanWardLA) May 22, 2019 The Milwaukee Bucks were the big winners and to no surprise, after posting the best defensive rating in the […]

What a difference two games make. The Toronto Raptors trounced the Milwaukee 120-102 on Tuesday night, evening an Eastern Conference Finals that had just appeared lopsided at two games apiece. As this tightly-contested series shifts back to Fiserv Forum for Game 5, it becomes a best-of-three, with the winner moving on to get the chance […]

The Milwaukee Bucks were hoping to take a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night, but that did not end up happening. Not only did they end up losing the game, the Raptors blew them out by a final score of 120-102. Fans and the media are shocked that a Raptors […]

Kawhi Leonard and Nick Nurse both downplayed the Toronto Raptors star’s health concerns after a Game 4 shellacking of the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals. However, Leonard was clearly gimpy throughout the game, and veteran wing Danny Green admitted his longtime teammate is playing through pain. Via Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated’s The […]

Serge Ibaka, obviously, was feeling pretty, pretty good after Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and rightfully so. On the postgame podium following a standout individual performance in his team’s crucial victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toronto Raptors big man showed off his multilingual tongue, seamlessly switching from speaking English to French to […]

The “Kawhi effect” is something the Toronto Raptors have experienced for most of this season, a gravitational pull which they had not seen with former shooting guard DeMar DeRozan in past seasons. Point guard Kyle Lowry has reaped the benefits of having a player of Leonard’s caliber in the lineup, as it was his shot-making […]

Toronto Raptors All-Star Kawhi Leonard was experiencing pain in both legs during Tuesday night’s matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals. Though he had a noticeable hobble in his gait at times, Raptors head coach Nick Nurse believes Leonard will be fine going forward: “Yeah, we were concerned,” Nurse said after Tuesday’s […]

The Milwaukee Bucks took a 2-0 lead to Scotiabank Arena and are now coming back home to the Fiserv Forum with the series against the Toronto Raptors tied after four games. Bucks swingman Pat Connaughton has seen this series evolve into a dogfight, one he admits is a new development for this young team: “It […]

The Toronto Raptors have evened up their best-of-seven series with the Milwaukee Bucks at two games apiece with a dominant 120-102 victory in Game 4. With the series headed to a pivotal Game 5, Bucks forward Khris Middleton is getting ready for a dog fight on Thursday, per Malika Andrews of ESPN. Khris Middleton: “The […]

The Toronto Raptors have gone from being one of the best teams in the NBA when it comes to bench production to one that has struggled to get shots to fall from the second unit. That narrative changed in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks, as Fred VanVleet had his […]

The Milwaukee Bucks starters were determined to have a much better shooting night after the trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe combined to shoot a ghastly 22.9% from the field in Game 3 against the Toronto Raptors. Antetokounmpo did his part, pouring in 25 points and 10 rebounds while shooting over 50%. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks expected a huge bounce-back Game 4 after falling short in an overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors in Game 3 of the series. Yet the Bucks locker room was “eerily silent” after they were handed a 120-102 loss on Tuesday night, now going back home with the series tied 2-2. “Players didn’t […]

After a series of struggles in the playoffs, Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet put up an inspired performance in their Game 4 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. As it turned out, VanVleet’s motivation was his newborn son. VanVleet admitted that his son, Fred Jr., inspired his Game 4 performance. The 25-year-old guard scored 13 points […]