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Raptors 101, Mavericks 129 – Box We were
in a back-to-back situation and the Mavericks were playing
on three days rest, but 62.4%? That’s like…a lot! Even if you consider the team still gelling and all that chemistry stuff, that’s still a very high percentage to ...
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Pick a caption, they all apply tonight. The
Point: Calderon had his second solid game in a
row, but needs to get the guys more involved. He did a great job of pushing the ball, then pulling back at the last moment until everyone else caught up. Jack needs to not shoot the ball as much, ...
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RR Ratings – Nov. 7 @ DAL
raptorsrepublic.com - 21 hours ago
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With their resounding 107-90 win over the Hornets
last night, the Raptors showed that they are now
staring to gel as team in developing the kind of chemistry to that’s expected of them to begin achieving their expectations this season. With all of the veteran players seemingly in ...
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Raptors Beat Hornets Resoundingly
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Raptors Sting the Hornets – The Rap, Eric
Smith Thumbs Up: - Andrea Bargnani had a game-high
9 rebounds (1 shy of back to back double-doubles) Thumbs Down: - Quite honestly, it’s hard to find anything wrong with this game. Yes, Chris Paul WENT OFF … but that was ...
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Morning Linkage – Nov 7
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Live blog tells the whole story… They started
it… Bosh: 8 Took him a while to figure
out that Okafor can be had for cheap. Took care of the “robot” in the third by owning him on the boards and the block. The three in the face was nice but the hustling for the ...
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RR Ratings – Nov 6 @ NOH
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English named in tax probe – Toronto Sun
Raptors assistant coach Alex English reportedly owes more than
$127,000 US in delinquent taxes, according to public records obtained by the Detroit News. Under the headline Ex-NBA star owes giant nugget, the News reports that the IRS and ...
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Morning Linkage – Nov 6
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Remember the Gauntlet from the old American Gladiators
show from the ’90’s. I think there was a
newer version but I’m not sure it had it. Well, if you recall, it’s like a narrow alleyway that’s populated with about half a dozen menacing, juiced-up meatheads that ...
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Running the Gauntlet
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Raptors could use Oakley’s muscle – The Globe
and Mail As for those talented Toronto teams he
played on, which included such players as Carter, Antonio Davis and Tracy McGrady, Oakley said each of those players understood their specific roles, the reason the team was able to ...
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Morning Linkage – Nov 5
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Pistons 99 Raptors 110 Boxscore With 7 of
the next 8 games on the road against the
West, it was mucho important the Raptors get this one against the Pistons. A Pistons team that grind-ed out a huge win the night before against the Magic. A Pistons team who was missing Richard Hamilton ...
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Raptor Grind One Out Over the Pistons 110-99
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They started it… Bosh: 7 Kept that offense
chugging along with his 20 FT attempts. Hardly a
fluid or dominant performance but got his nose dirty and didn’t let his head hang when he got beat on defense. His play slowed this game down and allowed the Raps to catch their breath. ...
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RR Ratings – Nov 4 – vs DET
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Pistons-Raptors Preview – Nov. 3, 2009 – NBA
– CBSSports.com "We have to learn from these games,
especially being a young team," Turkoglu told the Raptors' official Web site. Though the Raptors are allowing 110.3 points per game, they're playing well ...
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Morning Linkage – Nov 4
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The Pistons are in the same tier as
the Raptors and are one of the teams that
will try to make a playoff push at our expense. How do I know? Their blogger predicts 44 wins . They’re nothing like the feared teams of the mid-2000’s when Chauncey Billups, Rasheed Wallace and a ...
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The Pistons are tired and shorthanded
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Magic’s Howard wreaks havoc on Raptors – National
Post "This is what they do. They put shooters
around Dwight Howard," Raptors coach Jay Triano said after the game. "If you take away the shooters as we tried later, then Dwight Howard goes crazy inside, or we ...
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Morning Linkage – Nov 3
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It’s very early but anybody a bit shocked
at our 28th place defensive rating? That’s points per
100 possessions allowed. The new poll begs for your opinion on whether the issue is chemistry, laziness, inability or strategy. So far I’d classify it as the inability to ...
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Practice talk, Bargnani and A-Dub – Podcast
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Short-handed Orlando Magic topple Toronto Raptors – Magic
ESPN TrueHoopBlog 1. JJ Redick played like a starting-caliber
shooting guard. Maybe Redick just isn’t comfortable being a role player. In relief of Carter, Redick played more than anyone else in the game (44:50) and ...
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Morning Linkage – Nov 2
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Soooooooooo……….where’s that defense you talked about? Magic 125,
Raptors 116 Caught this one on the PVR knowing
the Raptors had lost. Was expecting a total crap performance and true to rumour, they started out like they finished in Memphis – spreading the ...
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It’s only pre-season…oh wait
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Awkward meeting tipped off Hedo Turkoglu he was
done with Orlando Magic — OrlandoSentinel.com The way Hedo
Turkoglu tells it, he knocked on the door. The Orlando Magic didn't answer. "I was knocking and knocking on the door, waiting for an answer," he said. ...
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Morning Linkage – Nov 1
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Wow, Friday against the Grizz didn’t work out
at all. The Raptors looked like…the Raptors. They were
getting burned from the perimeter, interior defense was suspect, team rebounding was non-existent, they weren’t sharing the ball, and weren’t hitting their shots. Perfect ...
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Gameday: Raptors vs Magic – Nov. 1/09
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Crunch-time mistakes cost Raps mini-streak – St. Catharines
Standard The Raptors start DeRozan, but he isn't getting
starter's minutes, which is both the right decision and the most appropriate course of action. For the second consecutive game, the Raptors were without ...
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Morning Linkage – Oct 31
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Zach Randolph killed us. Yeah, that Zach Randolph.
Raptors 107, Grizzlies 115 Had a chance to digest
this loss and as terrible and ugly it was, it wasn’t against a horrible team as some might think. We should’ve won this game, no question about it, but you have to factor in ...
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