Oh it's on now. We expect some sass from the New York tabloids. But the Toronto Sun is representing, too. Brooklyn, we tried to keep it friendly ... wait, no we didn't. Tmrw's @TheTorontoSun front. #Raptors #Nets #tank pic.twitter.com/anzZYhBuDl — Jon McCarthy (@jonmccarthySUN) April 19, 2014 Because they are old, get it? Via the great Eric Koreen . ...
The playoffs begin in Toronto, where the Nets will take on the Raptors at 12:30 PM. Welcome to the playoffs! The wait is over. After sleepwalking through the final days of the regular season after clinching their playoff spot, the Brooklyn Nets open the 2014 Playoffs up north. At the beginning of the season, a lot of us were Championship dreaming. That isn't out of the question, but without Brook...
The NBA Playoffs start on Saturday at 12:30PM when the Brooklyn Nets take on the Raptors in Toronto. And while the Toronto media has already fired a shot... Shots fired. RT @GreedyNBastards RT @MrMichaelLee : This made me laugh a little: pic.twitter.com/vxeWqwcBPb (via @jonmccarthySUN ) — Tom Lorenzo (@TomLorenzo) April 19, 2014 ... we've countered with a hype video that doesn't "return fire,"...
The good news is that the national media will finally pay attention to the Raptors. The bad news is it's gonna happen two weeks from now, when they play LeBron James. 3) Toronto Raptors vs. 6) Brooklyn Nets (2-2) Kevin Garnett's season-high was 16 points. It came on November 18, 2013, in a loss at Portland, in which he shot 8-of-19. He missed 19 games in March and April. Brooklyn went 16-3 in that...
The Raptors are back in the playoffs, but Brooklyn could go hard and send them packing early. The Toronto Raptors make their first playoff appearance since 2008 as they take on the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Both teams have taken unlikely paths to reach this point, but the Raptors are favored to close out the series by either Game 6 or 7. Get ready for the...
Welcome to the playoffs! The wait is over. After sleepwalking through the final days of the regular season after clinching their playoff spot, the Brooklyn Nets open the 2014 Playoffs up north. At the beginning of the season, a lot of us were Championship dreaming. That isn't out of the question, but without Brook Lopez , the road to the Finals is gonna be a bit tougher. Awaiting the Nets will...
The Brooklyn Nets took to the court on Friday to practice, and ready themselves for their first round matchup against the Toronto Raptors . Deron Williams told the media that he is "excited" and "motivated" for the playoffs. Jason Kidd and Paul Pierce both echoed that sentiment, with Williams pointing to the team's experience in this series against a young Raptors team. He knows the Raptors are a...
1.) What style of play do the Nets need to execute in order to be successful in the playoffs? Net Income: The same style they have executed in 2014: the long ball -- active hands leading to turnovers and fast break points, Kidd making substitutions without agenda, team basketball and oh, those three point barrages. Tom Lorenzo: I think the Nets need to continue to play their small/long ball system,...
Ben Swanson, the main brain over at the Charlotte Bobcats blog, Rufus on Fire, was kind enough to answer some questions going into the series this weekend. Rufus on Fire is the ultimate in Bobcats NBA coverage. Head blogger Ben Swanson took some time to field a series of questions in the lead up to the best-of-seven series beginning Sunday. Kevin Kraczkowski (Hot Hot Hoops): Josh McRoberts seems to...
The Raptors are looking to make the second round for the first time in more than a decade. Toronto has a head coach in Dwane Casey challenging for Coach of the Year honors, but the Raptors want much more than that. After fighting off the Chicago Bulls for the No. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference, Toronto is looking to make it out of the first round for the first time since 2001. DeMar DeRozan has...
With the league's third oldest roster, it's a given that the Nets would have an advantage in experience over most teams. And while nothing is guaranteed in the playoffs, that experience is the Nets biggest asset vs. the young and very athletic Raptors . The players on the Nets have played in 563 post-season games, started 511 of them. The Raptors, on the other hand, have played only 157, started...
The Toronto Raptors wound up 13th in Yahoo! Sports' Marc J. Spears ' latest edition of power rankings, but it's the tidbit he included therein that may draw the most attention: " Coach Dwane Casey's agent met with Toronto GM Masai Ujiri last week. Casey is expected back." By almost any metric, Casey's earned the job. In three seasons with the Raptors, he's turned the team into Atlantic Division champions,...
We finally made it. The postseason is here, and the Nets have an interesting first round matchup against the Raptors . Toronto does have contrasting personnel to the Nets; the Raptors have youth, speed, and a lot of athleticism that could pose problems for the Nets in the series. However, we dive into how the Raptors go about their business and see how the Nets could stop it. Stopping horns The Raptors...
Our friend Coach Nick of BBALLBREAKDOWN is back with a fantastic breakdown of the first round playoff matchup between the Brooklyn Nets and the Toronto Raptors . His keys to the series lay in the hands of the Nets bigs -- how much will they get from Kevin Garnett and what will Mason Plumlee give them? -- and with the Raptors wings. He goes into discussing the Nets success in spot-up shooting, but...
The Raptors looked like they were headed for the lottery until an early season trade turned around the entire season. Now Toronto is looking to prove its young team is no fluke. Raptors at a glance Record: 49-33 Seed: 3 Coach: Dwane Casey Starters: PG: Kyle Lowry SG: DeMar DeRozan SF: Terrence Ross PF: Amir Johnson C: Jonas Valanciunas Rotation players: Greivis Vasquez Patrick Patterson John Salmons...
82 games are in the books. The playoff field is set. And the Toronto Raptors face a somewhat familiar situation starting this Saturday... The Toronto Raptors finished their 2013-14 NBA season off with a loss last night, but it hardly mattered in the end. A loss by the Chicago Bulls to the Charlotte Bobcats cemented Toronto's spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the third seed as it turns...
The Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets will go at it in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Here's the complete schedule for the series. The Brooklyn Nets won all four games against the Miami Heat during the 2013-14 regular season. But before Brooklyn gets another crack at the two-time defending champs, it'll have to go through the Toronto Raptors . The Raptors had the third-best record in the Eastern...
A No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, home-court advantage in the NBA playoffs and a franchise-record 48 victories caps off what has been the most surprising regular season the Toronto Raptors have ever had. After beginning the year 6-12, general manager Masai Ujiri shook things up by sending Rudy Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy to the Sacramento Kings for Patrick Patterson, Greivis Vasquez, Chuck...
The Nets struggled to overcome the absence of their star players and got blown out in Cleveland, 114-85. With the Nets loss and Wizards win Wednesday night, the Nets finished the season as the sixth seed. They will face the Toronto Raptors this Saturday in their second straight journey to the championship. Finally! The last game is upon us and the regular season is coming to an end as the playoffs...
From Manhattan to Brooklyn: Raptors lose to Knicks tonight to end regular season and now must prep to head across the bridge to face Nets in the first round of the playoffs. The Toronto Raptors dropped their final regular season game tonight to the New York Knicks by a final score of 95 to 92. The Raptors finish the season with 48 wins and now prepare for the first-round of the NBA playoffs while...