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Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard joined some very elite company after notching yet another 30-point playoff performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors. The Raptors took a 2-1 series lead with the 123-109 win at Oracle Arena, with Nick Nurse’s squad bouncing back from the Game 2 loss in […]

The Toronto Raptors picked up a big Game 3 win over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, and one particular fan got a little too close to the action by shoving Kyle Lowry. Courtside seats put fans right on top of the action, but sometimes, the action comes flying towards them. That’s what […]

The Toronto Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and Drake wasted no time to troll the reigning champions. After Toronto bagged a convincing 123-109 victory in Oracle Arena, Drake quickly took it to Instagram to take a savage shot at the Dubs. On his Instagram story, the Canadian […]

The Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors locked horns (or claws, in the Raptors’ case) for Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Oracle Arena on Wednesday night, with the Warriors tying the series up on the road with a massive Game 2 victory in which Andre Iguodala hit a massive, clinching three-pointer to stave […]

The Toronto Raptors took control of the NBA Finals again after taking down the Golden State Warriors in Oracle Arena, 123-109 Toronto started with a 19-9 run and never looked back, frustrating the Warriors who sorely missed the services of injured starters Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson. 🏀 GAME 3 FINAL SCORE 🏀 Kawhi Leonard […]

Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors has long been ridiculed and scoffed at for his robotic, cyborg-esque way in which he goes about the business of playing basketball. However, that mechanical approach and laser focus on what he is doing on the court on a nightly basis has led the Raptors to the NBA Finals […]

For the first time in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors had to go on the road in the NBA Finals. Of course, that makes sense since this is the first Finals appearance for the team ever – so everything they do in this Finals is a first. However, the team came under scrutiny for a […]

The Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors faced off in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. However, it wasn’t the players but the referees that took the spotlight early on. The NBA referees featured heavily in the early portion of the game with an avalanche of foul calls for both teams, including […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson has been ruled out for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, according to Jared Greenberg of NBA TV. Thompson was initially listed as questionable, though he noted it would be “hard to see” him not playing in Game 3, noting he feels he could […]

A Bay Area radio station shows their support to the Golden State Warriors by issuing a ban on all Drake songs until the NBA Finals is over. Drake is the Toronto Raptors’ global ambassador, and he has been making headlines these playoffs for his sideline antics. Put simply, the Canadian rapper takes the lead when […]

No matter how much Klay Thompson presses, it won’t be the Golden State Warriors star’s call whether or not he plays in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Thompson suffered a hamstring strain early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s crucial victory over the Toronto Raptors. While trying to emphasize minimal contact from Kyle Lowry […]

Much has been made of the Golden State Warriors getting back to their egalitarian roots in the wake of Kevin Durant’s injury, and the numbers throughout the first two games of the NBA Finals certainly support that narrative. Whether they’ll be able to take the same offensive approach in Game 3, with Klay Thompson either […]

A two-game sample size isn’t nearly enough to glean meaningful conclusions. As the Golden State Warriors face the prospect of playing Game 3 of the NBA Finals without a hobbled Klay Thompson, though, their struggles against the Toronto Raptors when Steph Curry has been the lone Splash Brother on the floor nevertheless warrant examination. It’s […]

Danny Green knows that Kawhi Leonard has played a crucial role for the Toronto Raptors throughout their 2019 playoff run. During Wednesday morning’s media availability in Oakland, former NCAA standout Cheryl Miller asked Green a unique question: “Which player is Toronto’s T-Rex?” “You gotta go with Kawhi,” Green said in response. “He’s the king of […]

With the Toronto Raptors currently riding the wave of the NBA Finals, a recent report published by Josh Rubin of The Star has now pegged the team as the new most valuable sports franchise in the entire nation of Canada. A lucrative U.S. national TV deal for the NBA combined with five division titles in […]

Most hoops fans would love to go to an NBA Finals game, but the cost of a ticket is often outside the range of their budget. One fan, however, paid a hefty price to sit courtside at Wednesday night’s Game 3 matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors. According to a report from […]

The Toronto Raptors and their supporters are over the moon about their historic playoff run this season. One Raptors fan even decided to hang a poster of Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard in the famed Louvre museum in Paris. As detailed by Sam Harris of BBC Sports, the premise of this astounding act of fandom comes […]

Klay Thompson is the lone most pressing question for the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, after missing a large part of the fourth quarter with a painful hamstring strain, one that has left him as questionable for Wednesday night’s home tilt against the Toronto Raptors. While his participation is pivotal […]

Before the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors face off in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, both teams held their media sessions on Tuesday while also getting in some practice time and shootaround. During the Warriors’ shootaround, two-time MVP Stephen Curry produced a sterling display of his 3-point prowess that is only fitting for […]

Andre Iguodala, despite being the least-heralded member of the Golden State Warriors’ top-tier roster, is perhaps the most important in terms of leadership and gutsiness. Iguodala memorably won Finals MVP in 2015 when he came in and played great defense on LeBron James while also scoring opportunistically on the other end. Fast-forward five years and […]

With the NBA Finals knotted at 1-1, Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry has laid out his plan for Game 3 at Oracle: be more aggressive. Per Tim Bontemps of ESPN, Lowry acknowledged that Game 3 will be difficult because it will be on the road. However, the 33-year-old veteran remains confident and says he will […]

DeMar DeRozan of the San Antonio Spurs was recently featured on Bleacher Report’s Take It There with Taylor Rooks, and he dropped an interesting tidbit about his musical endeavors. “Can we get a track?!” 😂@DeMar_DeRozan says he has a secret mixtape and that Kendrick, Drake both think it’s nice. Season finale of “Take It There” […]

Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors are locked in a tight battle in the NBA Finals against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors. Leonard bounced back from a lost season and an ugly trade demand from his former team, the San Antonio Spurs, to be named to the All-NBA Second Team in his first […]

Toronto Raptors superstar swingman Kawhi Leonard knows about lingering leg injuries all too well after missing significant time due to such a setback in what would become his final season as a member of the San Antonio Spurs. As Leonard continues to carve up the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals, it appears […]

As if there was ever a question, the Golden State Warriors remain the favorites to win the 2019 NBA Finals. While the Toronto Raptors have remained more than competitive through the first two games of the series, they lost their homecourt advantage after losing in Game 2 at Scotiabank Arena. Now, the Warriors head home […]

Toronto Raptors fans are enjoying the success of the team this season, and they do not want it to stop after this year. Fans want continuity, and it will likely depend on what Kawhi Leonard will do this summer. Leonard, who was traded from the San Antonio Spurs last summer, could become a free agent […]

Chris Bosh says it would be “pretty cool” if the Toronto Raptors retired his No. 4 jersey one day. Bosh played the first seven years of his NBA career with the Raptors. He left Toronto in the summer of 2010 to sign with the Miami Heat. Bosh averaged 20.2 points and 9.4 rebounds in 893 […]

Chris Bosh spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Toronto Raptors but never won a championship, and that’s the main reason why he left the team to join LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the Miami Heat. Bosh left Toronto in the summer of 2010 after an underwhelming stint that saw the […]

Toronto Raptors small forward Kawhi Leonard says his federal lawsuit against Nike “happened a long time ago.” Per the lawsuit documents, Leonard claims he designed the logo that appeared on his Nike apparel and Nike copyrighted the logo without his consent. The Raptors star says the media just found out about it and he’s not […]

Toronto Raptors star small forward Kawhi Leonard doesn’t think the box-and-1 defense will work against the Golden State Warriors moving forward since Klay Thompson will likely be in the lineup in Game 3. The Raptors’ execution of the box-and-1 was good in Game 2. They held the Warriors to zero points for about four minutes […]

Toronto Raptors superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard says he’s at 100 percent when he’s on the floor and that there are no excuses at this point in the season. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported before Game 1 of the NBA Finals Leonard is dealing with tendinitis in his left knee. Leonard told reporters on Tuesday as […]

Golden State Warriors All-Star power forward Draymond Green says he plans on “dicing up” the box-and-1 zone if the Toronto Raptors try it again. The Raptors used the defensive tactic late in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals, and it gave the Warriors problems. Golden State didn’t score for over four […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says while the box-and-1 defensive tactic the Toronto Raptors used late in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the Finals was effective to an extent, it’s not something which can used for large stretches of the game. As he always does with the media, Kerr also revealed […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has confirmed that big man Kevon Looney will miss the remainder of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors: Kevin Durant will not play in Game 3. "He's ramping up his exercise routines," Steve Kerr said. Klay Thompson is questionable. Andre Iguodala is good to go. Kevon Looney […]

The Golden State Warriors are still listing All-Star shooting guard Klay Thompson as questionable for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. Thompson suffered a left hamstring strain in Game 2 up in Toronto and was forced to leave the game. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told reporters on Tuesday that Klay […]

Golden State Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala hit the game-clinching 3-pointer in Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, capping off an incredible sequence. With the Warriors up two, Stephen Curry escaped a double-team and passed the ball to Shaun Livingston, who somehow was able to prevent Raptors star Kawhi Leonard from intercepting […]

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant is out for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, Steve Kerr announced Tuesday: Warriors' Kevin Durant (calf) is out for Game 3 of NBA Finals. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 4, 2019 Durant’s awaited return has been a pressing matter throughout this series, one that […]

San Antonio Spurs star DeMar DeRozan has recently spoken up about his true feelings on the blockbuster trade last summer that saw him part ways with his former team, the Toronto Raptors. In the final episode of a docu-series entitled “Take It There,” the four-time All-Star takes us through the emotions he had to go […]

With so much hate currently being thrown towards the direction of Toronto Raptors brand ambassador Drake, one man who has decided to come to his defense is Hall of Famer and NBA on TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal. Well, not exactly. What Shaq is simply saying is that the rapper is no dummy, and that everything […]