Toronto Raptors win Game 3 (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) Deshaun Watson offers to pay rent of elderly woman struggling due to COVID-19 pandemic by Amy Kaplan OG Anunoby hits improbable buzzer-beater to save Raptors from 3-0 deficit (Video) by John Buhler OG Anunoby won Game 3 for the Toronto Raptors and saved their
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Beijing Ducks’ Jeremy Lin (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) The elastic soul of Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat by Kevin Yeung Jeremy Lin is coming back to the NBA. At 31 years old with declining health, it seemed as though Jeremy Lin’s wild NBA career was drawing to a close after
The Toronto Raptors stole Game 3 from the Boston Celtics to avoid a 3-0 deficit. What. A. Game. If you didn’t watch the first two games of this series, you wouldn’t have known that the Toronto Raptors were down 2-0. The defending champs put up a fight from start to finish, forging points in ways
The Toronto Raptors kept their season alive with an insane Game 6 win over the Boston Celtics in double-overtime. Time and time again, the defending NBA champions found themselves up against the ropes in Game 6 against a hungry Boston Celtics squad. And every single time, the Toronto Raptors answered the bell with a counterpunch
The Boston Celtics pushed the Toronto Raptors to the brink of elimination with a Game 5 massacre. To start their second-round playoff series in the East, the Boston Celtics convincingly took the first two games. Then, the Toronto Raptors struck back by eking out a Game 3 win in the last 0.5 seconds before tying
Never give these Raptors a second chance. That’s a lesson Boston is learning the hard way The Toronto Raptors were down 0-2 against the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals, and came back to take the series by winning four straight games. This year, minus one Kawhi Leonard, Toronto is two games away
OG Anunoby, Toronto Raptors. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) NBA Twitter freaked out after OG Anunoby’s buzzer beater to win Game 3 by Mark Powell UFC Vegas 9: Jalin Turner was worried about 2020 getting away by Zain Bando OG Anunoby deserves a statue after this game-winner over the Celtics. OG Anunoby stepped on
The Toronto Raptors swept the Brooklyn Nets with a win in Game 4. In the first winning sweep in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors routed the Brooklyn Nets in Game 4 on Sunday to advance to the second round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs. The Raptors’ franchise playoff-record 150 points were fueled by a historically
Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart led the Boston Celtics to a 2-0 lead over the Toronto Raptors. After a somewhat surprising upset in Game 1, the Boston Celtics made sure the defending NBA champions knew they weren’t messing around with a narrow Game 2 victory on Tuesday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in this
In Game 1 of their second-round series, the Boston Celtics smothered the Toronto Raptors. The Toronto Raptors looked like world-beaters during their first-round playoff sweep of the Brooklyn Nets, but with a much tougher opponent on deck in the second round, the defending NBA champions looked just as vulnerable as the league’s other top contenders.
Jaylen Brown, #7, Boston Celtics, (Photo by Ashley Landis-Pool/Getty Images) 5 Netflix shows to watch after you finish Lucifer by Kimberley Spinney Le’Veon Bell disputes Jets’ report about hamstring injury by Mike Phillips The Celtics and Raptors are continuing to discuss boycotting Game 1 of their second-round series as a statement on the shooting of
In Game 1, the Toronto Raptors dominated and showed they are true contenders. The injury-ridden Brooklyn Nets were ultimately unable to compete with the defending champion Toronto Raptors in the first game of their 2020 NBA Playoffs series, as they lost 134-110. It was never really close with the Raptors opening up an early 10-2
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The Nets played the Raptors much tougher in Game 2, but the result was the same — a solid win for Toronto. The Raptors dominated the Nets in Game 1, running away with a 24-point blowout win. Their offense was running on all cylinders and they easily put up 134 on the undermanned Nets. But
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. The first four games of the 2020 NBA Playoffs gave us a bit of everything — epic scoring performances, a blowout, an overtime squeaker, controversial calls and the
Which fringe players moved from the deep bench into playoff rotations during their team’s NBA bubble games? While teams like the Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, and San Antonio Spurs were going full-bore wire to wire in an attempt to secure a spot in the play-in game, other NBA teams used the seeding
No need for a long preamble. The first round of the NBA playoffs is finally here. Let’s break down the most interesting question that will define each series. Lakers vs. Blazers What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object? The Lakers clinched the No. 1 seed in the West fairly early in the
Photo by Kim Klement-Pool/Getty Images Aaron Gordon and Kyle Lowry had words for each other after a hard foul. During Wednesday’s game between the Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic, we saw some of the first signs of bubble tension during this NBA restart on the Walt Disney Resort campus. Early in the third quarter, with
James Harden, #13, Houston Rockets, (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) In this week’s NBA Power Rankings, no one can defend DeWanna Bonner. Except maybe James Harden? Our new look NBA Power Rankings are back, a non-traditional structure for a non-traditional era of professional basketball. The world is no longer just about wins and losses and teams
Angelo Leo defeats Tramaine Williams to become WBO champion by Jeremy C. Herriges LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 01: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives against Norman Powell #24 of the Toronto Raptors during the first half of an NBA basketball game at The Arena in the ESPN Wide World Of
Serge Ibaka, Toronto Raptors. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Serge Ibaka and Jusuf Nurkic are mortal enemies inside of the NBA bubble. Tensions rose between Serge Ibaka and Jusuf Nurkic inside of the bubble and it almost burst! The NBA world now resides inside of the Orlando bubble. It’s like going on vacation except
Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images The NBA’s reigning champions, the Toronto Raptors, haven’t missed a beat since losing their best player over the summer. About 13 months ago, we saw the Toronto Raptors hoist their first-ever championship trophy. A swing-for-the-fences trade for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, supplemented by an elite support cast that seemed to
Welcome back to Basketball Insiders’ “Looking Back” series! We’ve already gone over how the first and second overall pick have fared since 2009, so naturally, the next pick up is the third overall pick. Like with the first two, we categorize these players by if they are hits, misses, in the middle, or role players.
The NBA, as are most major sports, is a star-driven. LeBron James, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, etc. carry the day in regards to popularity, production and success, whether on the court or otherwise. That said, and despite what some may say to the contrary, no one man can take home the Larry O’Brien trophy alone.
As many as a dozen players could make strong cases they belong on this year’s ballot for Most Improved, but these seven stood out from the pack. The beauty of an award like Most Improved Player is in how wide a net it casts across the NBA. The more glamorous MVP and Rookie of the
Now more than one month since the shutdown, every day without the NBA has felt longer and longer. That said, we’ve done our best at Basketball Insiders to help sate your yearning for sport. Spencer Davies already brought you Six Things we’ve been watching to help fill that basketball-sized hole in our hearts, and today
This week, Basketball Insiders is taking a look at various positions among players in the NBA and ranking who is the best of the best. Our writers have previously used very specific guidelines to rank the best players by position in the NBA. Today, we’re taking a look at the point guards. The floor generals.
LeBron James dominated the Eastern Conference for almost a decade, making eight straight NBA Finals. Here are the five best teams who could never topple The King. When LeBron James joined the Miami Heat a decade ago, he and his new teammates, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh promised five or more NBA titles. They never quite
To say the events of the past three or so weeks were irregular would be the understatement of the year. And during an already tragic year for the NBA, the league made the tough choice to postpone the season, prior to government intervention, on Wednesday, Mar. 11. In the two-plus weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak
LeBron James and the Bucks are just two of the biggest unresolved storylines left by the suspension of the 2019-20 NBA season. The NBA season is suspended indefinitely, and with it, every hope, question, and expectation we might have had for it. It’s a cruel twist that one of the more compelling seasons of the