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The Cleveland Cavaliers (16-1) welcome the Toronto Raptors (4-12) to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Sunday. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NBA odds around the Raptors vs. Cavaliers odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets. Season series: Cavaliers lead 1-0 The Cavaliers beat the New […]
Montreal’s Bennedict Mathurin had 28 points, 17 in the fourth quarter, and Obi Toppin came off the bench for 19 points, nine in the final period, as the Pacers mounted a late comeback. Centre Myles Turner (sore right calf) was out for Indiana, freeing up Poeltl in the paint. Several Raptors remained out for the […]
Jayson Tatum missed his first opportunity for a game-winning shot in regulation Saturday versus the Toronto Raptors. But in overtime, he didn’t miss his second try at a game-winner. Tatum’s 3-pointer at the buzzer gave the Boston Celtics a 126–123 win at TD Garden. The victory boosted Boston’s record to 11–3. Only the 14–0 Cleveland […]
Quickley already missed eight games this season with a right pelvic contusion after taking a hard fall on his tailbone in the home opener on Oct. 23. He is averaging 15.3 points, four assists and two rebounds over three games this season — but he left two of them early due to injury. Quickley was […]
Chris Boucher and RJ Barrett scored 18 points apiece for the Raptors, who have lost four straight and eight of the past nine. Bronny James played the final 1:40. TAKEAWAYS Raptors: Immanuel Quickley scored 12 points and played back-to-back games in Los Angeles after missing eight straight with a pelvic bruise. Poeltl had 14 points […]
The Denver Nuggets will be without forward Aaron Gordon for the foreseeable future. Gordon will miss “multiple weeks” with a strained right calf, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Further specifics on a timeline for his return, or on how severe the injury is, are not yet known. Gordon went down in the Nuggets’ 121-119 win […]
“It’s beyond an honour. I’m always humbled with just the thought of that even being an opportunity.” DeRozan was picked ninth overall by Toronto in the 2009 NBA Draft and debuted that season. He was sent to the San Antonio Spurs in the summer of 2018 in a deal that brought Kawhi Leonard and Danny […]
The Toronto Raptors are set to officially retire Vince Carter’s No. 15 at a ceremony during the team’s Saturday night home game, making him the first player in the franchise’s history to receive the honour. Carter was the team’s first superstar, electrifying fans with his high-flying, athletic play and leading the Raptors to their first […]
Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes will be sidelined for at least three weeks after he went down with a right orbital fracture, the team announced on Wednesday. Barnes was knocked out of Monday’s 127-125 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets after he took an elbow to his eye from Nikola Jokić in the paint. Jokić […]
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have exercised the third-year team option on sophomore guard Gradey Dick’s contract, the team announced Tuesday. Dick was the 13th overall pick of the 2023 NBA draft — the Raptors’ only selection that year — and has cracked the starting lineup in his second season with the team. The six-foot-seven […]