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Ten things I like and don’t like, including the mental game of the NBA champs
Toronto’s 15-game winning streak is over, but man, is this team a joy. The Raptors bring a combination of toughness, intelligence, and confidence that is really hard to find. Some of that was within them before they went all the way last season. But maybe winning a title cements it inside you, makes it permanent […]
Continue readingNBA All-Star Game 2020: The stars, skills and storylines we’re watching
NBA All-Star Weekend is here! This is the third consecutive year in which captains participated in a fantasy draft and selected their own teams, a change from the traditional East vs. West format. All-Star captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo have made their draft picks. All-Star Saturday night participants have been unveiled. Rising Stars and […]
Continue readingRaptors’ 15-game winning streak snapped in loss to Nets
“We have to pitch close to a perfect game to beat this team,” Atkinson said. “That is how good they are.” Well, the Nets fulfilled that nearly perfect metaphoric pitch, defeating the Raptors 101-91 and snapping Toronto’s 15-game winning streak on Wednesday night. Brooklyn’s win came only four nights after the Nets lost by one […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings Week 17: Raptors and Celtics extend win streaks, Pacers fall
The Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers still lead their respective conferences, but the Toronto Raptors are coming. Winners of a franchise-record 14 straight games, the defending champs are quietly putting pressure on the Lakers for the second-best record in the NBA. And as anyone who watched last year’s NBA Finals will remember, that could […]
Continue readingLeBron James headlines star-studded list of 44 finalists for U.S. Olympic team
James — a two-time gold medalist and three-time Olympian — is among 44 players announced by USA Basketball on Monday as finalists for the team that will play in the Tokyo Games this summer. James played in 2004, 2008 and 2012, helping the U.S. win gold in his most recent two appearances. The pool includes […]
Continue readingRaptors run win streak to 15 to upstage D’Angelo Russell’s Wolves debut
On Monday night, they did so without a traditional center, and while withstanding the debut of D’Angelo Russell in a Minnesota Timberwolves uniform. Russell finished with 22 points and five assists in 32 minutes Monday night, but that wasn’t enough to prevent Toronto, led by 34 points from Pascal Siakam, from beating Minnesota 137-126 to […]
Continue readingTeam USA Basketball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Latest news, rosters, qualifiers
Despite finishing seventh in China, Team USA has already qualified for the Olympics, by virtue of being one of the top two finishers from the Americas region at the World Cup. Six other teams qualified based on their World Cup finish, joining the U.S. and host nation Japan in the field for Tokyo. Four more […]
Continue readingNBA All-Star draft: Team LeBron takes AD first overall; Giannis selects Joel Embiid at No. 2
Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James divvied up the remaining 22 All-Stars taking part in next weekend’s NBA All-Star Game on Thursday night. The two leading vote-getters from the Eastern and Western Conferences went back and forth in selecting which players would be on their respective teams. James, who was wearing a black sweatshirt with two […]
Continue readingNBA All-Star mock draft: The most fun teams possible
This year’s game is missing a few huge pieces, as superstars including Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson are all out, while a few looming stars in Zion Williamson and Ja Morant didn’t make it either. Still, the field is chock full of amazing talent, and there’s no shortage of storylines leading […]
Continue readingRaptors, down by 19, rally for team-record 12th straight win
“He deserved it because he’s been working his tail off on his shooting,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. Kyle Lowry had 32 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds and Ibaka scored a season-high 30 as Toronto fought back after trailing by 11 with less than four minutes to play. The defending NBA champions scored the […]
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