Archive for April, 2011

Raptors Rapture is covering the 2010-11 NBA playoffs daily. This is the first in a series of first round  previews. Check back daily for more NBA Playoff news, notes, and analysis.   Series Story:  Two of the NBA’s teams of the ’90s meet up once again in the playoffs, the Bulls are looking for their first title since the Michael Jordan era, while the Pacers are looking for their first series win since Reggie Miller left town. Why The Bulls Will Win:  The Bulls are simply playing the best basketball out of any team in the NBA right now, while other [...]

It is finally playoff time and in my effort to squeeze out as many blog posts as possible and because I will be watching the games anyways, Raptors Rapture will be covering every minute of the NBA Playoffs in addition to its Raptors coverage. Here is what you can expect: Series Previews: Breakdowns of every series from Round One to the Finals. Pretty self explanatory The Rundown: My daily preview of the night’s action in a condensed, short, and somewhat entertaining format. Columns, Columns, and more Columns Nightly Recaps It is the best time of the year to be a [...]

This is the video that Comcast showed at the end of the telecast last night, the 26 years of Sacramento Kings Basketball in five glorious minutes. Enjoy

To be honest, I wasn’t going to watch the Sacramento Kings potential last game last night. The NHL Playoffs were on, and being a Vancouver Canucks fan their game conflicted with me watching the game. But the Canucks game ended early and despite Sacramento being down by double digits in the fourth, I decided to tune in and see a sold-out Arco Arena one more time. I love the Kings, when I first started following and watching basketball, they were the team I played with on NBA Live, when I started becoming more of a basketball nerd the Kings/Lakers rivalry [...]

  With Miami sitting out Bosh, Wade, James, and for some odd reason Mike Miller, there is no real point to giving you guys a boring preview about how the Raptors will deal with Joel Anthony, I would like to thank everyone instead. Thanks to the players, the fans, the coaches, the people who read this blog and support it. You are a huge part of this and I couldn’t thank everyone enough.  Keep posted during the off season and during the playoffs for general NBA coverage and Raptors news. It has been a long season and here is to hoping [...]

With one game left in the Raptors season, there seems to be more talk about the draft then the next game and that “r” word is coming up more and more around Dino Nation. You see it in blogs, on twitter, you hear the hopes and dreams of a Kyrie or maybe a Harrison Barnes falling our way in the draft. But no matter what that “r” word is the word of the moment. Rebuild. It is a beautiful word isn’t it? It takes the sting out of losing, it gives a fan base hope, it gives us something to [...]

In a nightmare season, things never seem to get easier for the Raptors. After losing to Chicago 113-106, the Raptors face another Eastern Conference contender on a tail end of a very difficult back to back stretch. The Magic are banged up, but they still have Dwight Howard who will be able to take advantage of Toronto’s weak inside presence as usual. J.J. Redick and Chris Duhon will likely be out of tonight’s game giving Toronto a bit of an edge at the guard position, but Jose Calderon is still day-to-day after missing last night’s game against the Bulls. Jerryd [...]

Derrick Rose is having a MVP like season, at least according to the fans. Rose is hearing “M-V-P” chants in nearly every building he has played in since March, and the chants should get louder has he returns home tonight to face the Raptors, who are without starting point guard Jose Calderon. Jerry Bayless gets the assignment tonight, getting his eighth start as a Raptor, Bayless seems to play better has a starter averaging 14 PPG while in the starting lineup as opposed to 6 PPG coming off the bench. “You know you’re going to play and you’re going to [...]

March Madness has came and went, and we are at that time where everyone’s brackets are nothing more than paper recycling and we have four teams left. With no #1 seed in the mix and two very balanced first round match ups, there is no clear favorite in this year’s Final Four, but there is a wealth of great story lines. Can VCU carry their momentum after a weeks layoff? Can Butler make it two years in a row in the National Championship Game? Will UConn and Kentucky be able to deal with the rumours of NCAA infractions surrounding their [...]

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