Toronto Raptors

With Game 82 in the books, here's a look at the Eastern Conference playoff seedings ahead of the play-in tournament.

Cleveland will take on the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the playoffs.

The Knicks got a scare during Friday night’s victory over the Raptors as starting forward OG Anunoby missed the second half of the game with an ankle injury, seemingly suffered when he tripped on the foot of Scottie Barnes early in the second quarter, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. While Anunoby […]

The Toronto Raptors host the tanking Brooklyn Nets in their final game this season, hoping to clinch a top-five Eastern Conference playoff position.

The Toronto Raptors face the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night, and RJ Barrett now sits at the center of the injury report as NBA Playoffs stakes tighten in the Eastern Conference. He is listed as questionable due to right knee soreness, placing his availability in focus heading into a must-win situation. The Raptors enter at […] The post RJ Barrett on injury report vs. Nets as Raptors try to improve playoff seeding appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Raptors sure seem to commit a lot of weird violations.

The Toronto Raptors have to end the season strong with this matchup

The Nets have re-signed Tre Scott via a hardship exception, reports Brian Lewis of The New York Post (via Twitter). Scott’s previous 10-day hardship contract with Brooklyn expired on Saturday night. Scott’s new contract with the Nets will cover Sunday’s game at Toronto. He will be an unrestricted free agent after Sunday, since he’s technically […]

As we outlined in February, a total of 14 teams projected to be taxpayers prior to an eventful trade deadline week, with the 16 non-taxpayers on track to receive about $13.8MM apiece in tax distribution money at that point. However, the Celtics, Nuggets, Suns, Mavericks, Sixers, Magic, and Raptors all ducked below the luxury tax […]

The Toronto Raptors are converting wing A.J. Lawson from his two-way contract to a standard contract for the remainder of the season. This will make Lawson eligible for the postseason for Toronto. Lawson has appeared in 23 games for Toronto this season. The 6-foot-6 wing has averaged 4.0 points in 9.4 minutes per game for the Raptors. Lawson has shot 41.5% from behind the arc in his limited minutes in the NBA this season. Toronto now has a full roster as they head into the postseason. If the ...

The Knicks have a fresh injury concern right before the playoffs.

If this is the Knicks’ first round opponent, they have to like their chances for an easy series against their personal punching bag.

The Celtics tied the franchise and NBA record with 29 3s on their way to clinching the Eastern Conference's No. 2 playoff seed in a blowout win over the Pelicans on Friday night.

Brooklyn (20-61) stayed third in the race to the bottom with just one game left, their regular season finale Sunday in Toronto.

The Cavaliers know where they’ll start the playoffs. They just don’t know who they’ll be playing. Cleveland is locked into the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference following Friday’s 124-102 road loss to the Hawks, combined with the Knicks’ win over Toronto. That result officially ended any chance of the Cavs moving up to […] The post Cavs clinch No. 4 seed, await first-round opponent appeared first on Hoops Wire.

Brooklyn Nets (20-61, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (45-36, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Toronto; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn will aim to stop its seven-game road losing streak when the Nets take on Toronto. The Raptors are 32-19 in conference play. Toronto ranks ninth in the NBA allowing just 111.9 points per game while holding opponents to 46.7% shooting. The Nets are 14-36 in conference games. Brooklyn is 6-39 against opponents with a winning record. ...

Jalen Brunson scored 29 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Knicks clinched the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference with their 13th consecutive victory over the Toronto Raptors, 112-95 on Friday night. The Knicks improved to 53-28 with the victory in what could be a preview of a first-round playoff series. New York lost its chance to climb to No. 2 when Boston beat the lottery-bound New Orleans Pelicans, while Toronto (45-36) is currently sixt...

The Knicks continued their season-long dominance of the Raptors, defeating Toronto 112-95 on Friday night at MSG.

The Knicks made it five wins in a row as they breezed past the Raptors.

Franz Wagner scored 25 points, Jamal Cain added 20 and the Orlando Magic remained in the running to avoid the play-in tournament by beating the Chicago Bulls 127-103 on Friday night. Orlando’s fifth straight win, combined with Toronto’s loss to New York, moved the Magic (45-36) into a tie with the Raptors for sixth place in the Eastern Conference with one game remaining. Paolo Banchero chipped in with 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.