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The Toronto Raptors have only 10 games left to play in their regular season.
Given where they are in the standings, with the possibility of reaching the play-in tournament still very real, each game the Raptors play will be vitally important, with the stretch the Raptors are currently in the midst of chief among them.
Game No. 63 of Toronto’s 2020-21 regular season campaign goes Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET against the Denver Nuggets on Sportsnet ONE and is just the second of a five-game stretch that could very determine the fate of the Raptors’ season.
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Blazers Get Statement Win With Domination of Grizzlies
Portland rose to the challenge against Memphis with one of its most complete performances of the season.
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Portland rose to the challenge against Memphis with one of its most complete performances of the season.
Notes, observations, analysis, clips and more from the Trail Blazers dominant 130-109 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night at FedEx Forum.
This one was basically over late in the second quarter, Portland playing with the edge, intensity and – as Damian Lillard called it on Tuesday night – desperation befitting a team in need of a statement win. It was Memphis who failed to meet the challenge in these teams third and final meeting, despite the Blazers playing on the second leg of a road back-to-back. Making matters more impressive was how they responded to a brief threat, stepping on the Grizzlies throat again early in the fourth quarter. There are countle
Raptors Open West Coast Trip as Underdogs Against Nuggets
The Toronto Raptors will open their rigorous week-long West Coast road trip as small underdogs against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets
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The Toronto Raptors will open their rigorous week-long West Coast road trip as small underdogs against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets
All season the Toronto Raptors have been clinging to that four-game stretch in late February when they looked like the kind of team that could beat anyone in the NBA.
For weeks they ve talked about how they ve held their own this season against the NBA s best teams, coming away with victories against the Milwaukee Bucks, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Denver Nuggets. Now it s time to put that theory to the test. Starting Thursday the Raptors will run the West Coast gauntlet with games against Denver, Utah, and both Los Angeles teams. It ll be an exhausting make-or-break stretch of the season with just 10