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Raptors Wrap Up First Month Of Season 12-6

November 27th 2019
Knicks 112, Raptors 136
NYK: J. Randle - 30 Mins, 30 Pts, 8 Reb, 2 Ast
TOR: F. VanVleet - 28 Mins, 28 Pts, 2 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Stl

November 29th 2019
Raptors 100, Magic 102
TOR: F. VanVleet - 30 Mins, 23 Pts, 2 Reb, 5 Ast, 3 Stl
ORL: N. Vucevic - 25 Pts, 17 Reb, 3 Ast, 4 Stl

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NBA Standings - Updated: Dec 1, 2019
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB	DIV	CONF
Milwaukee Bucks	15	5	-	6-0	12-1
Miami Heat	14	4	-	3-0	8-1
Philadelphia 76ers	14	6	1.0	2-2	8-4
Toronto Raptors	12	6	2.0	3-0	7-4
Brooklyn Nets	12	7	2.5	1-3	6-4
Indiana Pacers	11	8	3.5	2-5	8-7
Washington Wizards	10	7	3.5	2-0	4-2
Boston Celtics	10	8	4.0	4-2	6-4
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	10	5.5	3-2	7-9
Atlanta Hawks	9	11	6.0	1-2	5-6
Orlando Magic	8	10	6.0	0-2	5-8
Chicago Bulls	8	12	7.0	2-4	5-9
Charlotte Hornets	7	14	8.5	0-2	5-9
New York Knicks	5	14	9.5	2-5	3-11
Detroit Pistons	4	15	10.5	2-4	4-14

Up Next: Jazz (10-9) @ Raptors (12-6)

Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz come to Toronto to take on the 12-6 Raptors on the first day of December. The Jazz have played with good rhythm on offence this season, averaging 110.8 points per game, but have struggled mightily to contain their opponents' scoring, surrendering a whopping 114.7 points per game. It'll be interesting to see how that matches up, with the Raptors having the fifth-best offence in the NBA, and the top offence amongst Eastern Conference teams.

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November Stats Recap

Toronto Raptors Stats - 2019/20
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
OG Anunoby	18	22.9	5.9	3.3	1.6	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.6
Pascal Siakam	18	32.9	19.6	8.8	2.2	1.0	1.4	0.9	2.7
Serge Ibaka	18	23.8	11.3	9.3	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.9	1.8
Norman Powell	18	24.9	13.7	3.4	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.4	1.9
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	18	11.6	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.0
Terrence Davis II	18	17.3	7.9	2.8	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7
Chris Boucher	6	5.0	2.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.7
Patrick McCaw	18	17.5	4.1	1.6	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.4
Matt Thomas	5	5.8	4.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Stanley Johnson	6	5.0	1.7	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
Malcolm Miller	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marc Gasol	18	25.6	15.8	6.2	3.2	0.8	1.2	0.7	1.9
Dewan Hernandez	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Watson	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oshae Brissett	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kyle Lowr	18	29.6	16.6	3.1	7.9	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.4
Fred VanVleet	18	29.0	15.7	2.4	4.8	1.3	0.1	1.6	2.2

The Raptors have surprised many doubters early on this season, sitting in the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference standings as they kick off the post-Kawhi Leonard phase. Pascal Siakam has emerged as a legitimate offensive threat for the Raptors, as he currently leads the team in scoring. Veteran point guard Kyle Lowry continues to guide the offence for the Raptors, posting 16.6 points per game to along with 7.9 assists per game.

The Raptors will need better production from small forward OG Anunoby going forward as they look to chase down the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference standings.

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Lowry's 32 Point Performance Leads Raptors Past Jazz

Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry set the tone for his team early on, knocking down all three of his three point attempts in the first quarter to get the Raptors going. The Raptors wouldn't look back as they hand the Jazz their tenth loss of the season.

Utah Jazz (10-10) at Toronto Raptors (13-6)
Dec 1, 2019 1 2 3 4 Final Utah 15 28 25 26 94 Toronto 26 26 31 26 109 Top Performers Utah Jazz Mike Conley - 13 Pts, 2 Reb, 10 Ast Donovan Mitchell - 25 Pts, 2 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl Toronto Raptors Kyle Lowry - 32 Pts, 5 Reb, 8 Ast, 1 Stl Pascal Siakam - 21 Pts, 13 Reb, 8 Astm 1 Stl	Team Stats Comparison UTH TOR FG Made-Att 40-105 41-85 3PT Made-Att 4-16 9-25 FT Made-Att 10-13 18-20 Rebounds 61 53 Assists 27 27 Turnovers 7 7 Steals 6 6 Blocks 7 10
Utah Jazz STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS M. Conley 30 6-19 1-2 0-0 2 10 0 0 1 13 D. Mitchell 32 10-25 0-3 5-6 2 4 1 0 0 25 J. Ingles 28 1-6 0-2 0-0 1 3 0 0 1 2 B. Bogdanovic 30 4-8 1-1 0-0 7 1 0 1 0 9 R. Gobert 33 5-11 0-0 0-0 26 1 3 4 1 10 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS T. Bradley 19 5-9 0-0 4-5 7 1 1 1 0 14 J. Clarkson 22 5-14 2-7 0-0 1 2 1 0 1 12 E. Davis 11 2-3 0-1 0-0 9 0 0 1 0 4 E. Mudiay 16 1-6 0-0 1-2 2 5 0 0 1 3 G. Niang 16 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 R. O'Neale 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N. Williams-Goss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M. Oni 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS K. Lowry 31 13-24 6-10 0-0 5 8 1 0 2 32 F. VanVleet 33 4-7 0-2 2-2 3 1 1 1 3 10 O. Anunoby 28 2-6 0-4 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 4 P. Siakam 37 7-16 0-0 7-8 13 8 1 0 2 21 M. Gasol 32 4-10 0-3 0-0 12 1 0 5 0 8 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS S. Ibaka 17 5-8 1-1 2-2 6 1 0 2 0 13 T. Davis II 16 3-3 1-1 4-4 0 1 0 0 0 11 P. McCaw 16 2-5 1-2 0-0 0 5 1 2 0 5 N. Powell 16 1-3 0-1 1-2 4 0 0 0 0 3 R. Hollis-Jefferson 11 0-2 0-1 2-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 M. Thomas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Boucher 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. Johnson 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Raptors Drop Two Straight, Head On The Road

December 3rd 2019
Heat 111, Raptors 98
MIA: J. Butler - 38 Min, 28 Pts, 13 Reb, 4 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk
TOR: F. VanVleet - 30 Min, 16 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast, 3 Stl

December 5th 2019
Rockets 119, Raptors 116
HOU: J. Harden - 31 Min, 31 Pts, 6 Reb, 8 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk
TOR: M. Gasol -24 Min, 25 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Blk

Around The League

NBA Standings - Updated: Dec 8, 2019
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB	DIV	CONF
Milwaukee Bucks	18	5	-	7-0	14-1
Philadelphia 76ers	17	8	1.0	2-2	10-4
Miami Heat	16	6	1.5	3-1	10-3
Brooklyn Nets	14	8	3.5	1-3	8-5
Toronto Raptors	13	8	4.0	3-0	7-5
Boston Celtics	13	8	4.0	5-2	8-4
Indiana Pacers	13	10	5.0	3-5	10-7
Washington Wizards	11	10	6.0	3-1	5-4
Cleveland Cavaliers	11	11	6.5	4-2	9-10
Orlando Magic	10	12	7.5	1-2	6-9
Atlanta Hawks	9	13	8.5	1-2	5-7
Chicago Bulls	9	14	9.0	2-4	5-9
Charlotte Hornets	8	16	10.5	0-2	5-10
New York Knicks	5	18	13.0	2-6	3-14
Detroit Pistons	4	19	14.0	2-7	4-17

Up Next: Raptors (13-8) @ 76ers (17-6)

The Philadelphia 76ers look to get revenge against the Toronto Raptors as they welcome the defending NBA Champions to the city of brotherly love. The Raptors got the best of the 76ers in their last matchup, embarrassing Philadelphia 117-73 in Toronto. As was the case when these two teams went head-to-head last time, the 76ers will be without star point guard Ben Simmons as he continues to deal with a pinched nerve in his back.

The Raptors come to Philadelphia looking to get back on track after suffering two straight losses at the hands of the Miami Heat and Houston Rockets. Raptors forward Pascal Siakam has all but disappeared during the team's current slide, and he'll look to get back on track against the 76ers.

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Siakam's Big Performance Puts Raptor Back In Win Column

Pascal Siakam put on a monster 36 point performance as the Toronto Raptors snapped their two game losing streak and got back in the win column against the Ben Simmons-less Philadelphia 76ers. Siakam did a good job of getting to the paint and mixing in an outside jumpshot, keeping the 76ers defence confused all night long.

Toronto Raptors (14-8) at Philadelphia 76ers (17-7)
Dec 8, 2019 1 2 3 4 Final Toronto 22 28 28 24 102 Philadelphia 17 18 27 29 91 Top Performers Toronto Raptors Pascal Siakam -36 Pts, 13 Reb, 4 Ast, 2 Blk Kyle Lowry - 22 Pts, 3 Reb, 8 Ast Philadelphia 76ers Al Horford - 20 Pts, 14 Reb, 1 Stl Matisse Thybulle - 13 Pts, 2 Reb, 2 Ast	Team Stats Comparison TOR PHI FG Made-Att 40-83 39-97 3PT Made-Att 9-22 9-21 FT Made-Att 13-17 8-11 Rebounds 54 56 Assists 27 23 Turnovers 6 4 Steals 1 4 Blocks 7 0
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS K. Lowry 31 9-17 3-7 1-2 3 8 0 0 2 22 F. VanVleet 32 3-6 0-1 0-0 0 5 1 1 1 6 O. Anunoby 26 2-6 1-3 0-0 6 1 0 1 0 5 P. Siakam 32 14-23 1-1 7-8 13 4 0 2 0 36 M. Gasol 33 3-8 0-2 0-0 10 0 0 2 1 6 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS S. Ibaka 22 6-7 2-2 0-0 12 0 0 1 0 14 T. Davis II 16 1-4 0-1 5-5 4 3 0 0 1 7 N. Powell 21 2-10 2-3 0-2 1 2 0 0 0 6 P. mcCaw 16 0-2 0-2 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 R. Hollis-Jefferson 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 M. Thomas -- DID NOT PLAY -- C. Boucher -- DID NOT PLAY -- S. Johnson -- DID NOT PLAY --
Philadelphia 76ers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS R. Neto 30 3-11 1-4 1-2 3 6 2 0 0 8 M. Thybulle 28 4-15 2-4 3-4 2 2 0 0 0 13 T. Harris 32 5-16 2-3 0-0 4 2 0 0 2 12 A. Horford 36 8-15 0-1 4-5 14 0 1 0 0 20 J. Embiid 35 6-12 0-0 0-0 15 2 1 0 1 12 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS F. Korkmaz 16 3-4 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 8 J. Richardson 20 3-12 1-4 0-0 1 6 0 0 0 7 A. Burks 17 2-5 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 5 K. O'Quinn 17 2-3 0-0 0-0 13 1 0 0 0 4 G. Robinson III 9 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 M. Scott -- DID NOT PLAY -- S. Milton -- DID NOT PLAY -- Z. Smith -- DID NOT PLAY --

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Raptors' Struggles Continue, Fall To 2-4 In December

December 9th 2019
Raptors 114, Bulls 132
TOR: K. Lowry - 33 Mins, 23 Pts, 7 Reb, 11 Ast, 2 Stl
CHI: Z. Lavine - 36 Mins, 42 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast

December 11th 2019
Clippers 128, Raptors 117
LAC: K. Leonard - 41 Mins, 20 Pts, 5 Reb, 7 Ast, 1 Stl, 3 Blk
TOR: M. Gasol - 29 Mins, 23 Pts, 6 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Blk

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NBA Standings - Updated: Dec 14, 2019
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB	DIV	CONF
Milwaukee Bucks	19	7	-	7-0	15-1
Philadelphia 76ers	19	8	0.5	3-3	11-5
Miami Heat	17	8	1.5	10-5	9-4
Brooklyn Nets	16	8	2.0	1-3	9-5
Toronto Raptors	14	10	4.0	4-0	8-6
Boston Celtics	14	10	4.0	5-3	9-6
Indiana Pacers	14	12	5.0	3-5	11-8
Washington Wizards	12	11	5.5	4-1	6-4
Cleveland Cavaliers	12	13	6.5	4-1	9-11
Atlanta Hawks	12	14	7.0	3-2	8-8
Chicago Bulls	12	15	7.5	2-4	8-10
Orlando Magic	10	15	8.5	1-2	6-10
Charlotte Hornets	9	19	11.0	0-4	6-13
New York Knicks	6	20	13.0	2-6	3-14
Detroit Pistons	5	20	13.5	2-7	4-17

Up Next: Nets (16-8) @ Raptors (14-10)

The Toronto Raptors will look to put an end to their December struggles as they take on the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. The Raptors have dropped two straight games at the hands of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers, falling to fifth place in the Eastern Conference. The defending NBA Champions trail the Brooklyn Nets by two games for fourth place in the Eastern Conference, and sit four games behind the Eastern Conference leading Milwaukee Bucks.

Expect the Raptors to try to come out strong against Kevin Durant and the Nets as they try to right the ship.

[Bluejaysfan65]

Lowry's Career-High 52 Leads Raptors Past Nets in OT Battle

Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry put the team on his back, scoring a career-high 52 points and 12 assists as he led the Raptors to their first win in three games. Pascal Siakam chipped in with 34 points of his own as the Raptors were able to overcome a 40 point outburst by Kyrie Irving.

Brooklyn Nets (16-9) at Toronto Raptors (15-10)
Dec 14, 2019 1 2 3 4 OT Final Brooklyn 25 32 29 43 15 144 Toronto 33 32 32 32 25 154 Top Performers Brooklyn Nets Kyrie Irving - 40 Pts, 5 Reb, 9 Ast Kevin Durant - 37 Pts, 6 Reb, 1 Ast Toronto Raptors Kyle Lowry - 52 Pts, 2 Reb, 12 Ast Pascal Siakam - 34 Pts, 10 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Stl	Team Stats Comparison BKN TOR FG Made-Att 61-116 59-104 3PT Made-Att 8-29 9-19 FT Made-Att 14-18 27-29 Rebounds 58 48 Assists 38 36 Turnovers 8 4 Steals 3 7 Blocks 9 4
Brooklyn Nets STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS K. Irving 39 18-32 1-8 3-3 5 9 0 0 3 40 C. LeVert 40 6-13 4-5 4-6 3 11 1 0 1 20 K. Durant 38 15-32 3-13 4-5 6 1 0 0 0 37 J. Allen 40 5-7 0-0 1-1 13 4 2 6 0 11 D. Jordan 39 5-7 0-0 1-1 14 3 0 1 0 15 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS S. Dinwiddie 24 5-12 0-1 0-0 3 8 0 0 3 10 N. Claxton 18 2-5 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 2 0 4 T. Prince 12 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 4 J. Harris 18 1-1 0-0 1-1 1 2 0 0 0 3 G. Temple 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T. Luwawu-Cabarrot 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D. Musa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R. Kurucs 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS K. Lowry 37 18-25 3-5 13-14 2 12 0 0 2 52 F. VanVleet 33 5-9 0-1 0-0 2 3 3 0 0 10 O. Anunoby 33 5-8 0-3 0-0 6 2 0 0 0 10 P. Siakam 41 13-28 1-1 7-8 10 2 2 1 1 34 M. Gasol 36 4-9 1-2 2-2 11 4 0 2 1 11 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS N. Powell 24 5-5 2-2 3-3 0 4 1 0 0 15 R. Hollis-Jefferson 11 3-6 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 0 0 8 S. Ibaka 21 3-8 1-2 0-0 8 0 0 1 0 7 T. Davis II 16 2-3 1-2 0-0 3 5 0 0 0 5 P. McCaw 16 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 2 M. Thomas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Boucher 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Raptors Get Back On Track With Wins Over Cavs, Pistons

December 16th 2019
Cavaliers 102, Raptors 134
CLE: C. Sexton - 36 Mins, 29 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl
TOR: M. Gasol - 24 Mins, 23 Pts, 9 Reb, 8 Ast

December 18th 2019
Raptors 143, Pistons 110
TOR: P. Siakam - 35 Mins, 26 Pts, 9 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Stl, 2 Blk
DET: R. Jackson - 39 Mins, 29 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast

Around The League

NBA Standings - Updated: Dec 20, 2019
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB	DIV	CONF
Milwaukee Bucks	22	7	-	8-0	16-1
Miami Heat	20	8	1.5	3-2	11-5
Philadelphia 76ers	20	9	2.0	4-3	12-6
Toronto Raptors	17	10	4.0	5-0	11-6
Brooklyn Nets	17	11	4.5	1-5	9-7
Boston Celtics	15	10	5.0	5-3	9-6
Washington Wizards	14	12	6.5	4-1	7-5
Indiana Pacers	14	14	7.5	3-5	11-9
Atlanta Hawks	14	15	8.0	3-2	9-8
Chicago Bulls	13	17	9.5	2-4	9-10
Cleveland Cavaliers	12	16	9.5	4-3	9-14
Orlando Magic	11	17	10.5	1-2	6-10
Charlotte Hornets	12	19	11.0	0-4	8-13
New York Knicks	6	22	15.5	2-6	3-15
Detroit Pistons	5	23	16.5	2-7	4-19

Up Next: Wizards (14-12) @ Raptors (17-10)

The Toronto Raptors look to be back on track after picking up wins against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons earlier in the week as they continue to chase the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference standings. The back-court tandem of John Wall and Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards come to town on Friday night, with Beal leading the Wizards in scoring, averaging 25 points per game this season.

The Raptors will be sporting their throwback jerseys on Friday night as part of their 25th season celebrations.