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19.04.2022 / 05:59

Embid scores 31 to lead Sixers to 2-0 series lead on Raptors

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - APRIL 18: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers shoots over Precious Achiuwa #5 of the Toronto Raptors during the first quarter of Game Two of the Eastern Conference First Round at Wells Fargo Center on April 18, 2022 PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid took his lumps and powered his way to 31 points and 11 rebounds, Tyrese Maxey showed he was no one-game postseason wonder and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 112-97 on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.Maxey had 23 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Tobias Harris had 20 points and 10 rebounds.

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Toronto Raptors greeted by large crowd after capacity limits lifted in Ontario

Toronto Raptors during the team introductions on Tuesday — a sound they hadn’t heard in two-and-a-half months.The Raptors were permitted a full crowd of 19,800 at Scotiabank Arena for the first time since Dec. 13, after the Ontario government accelerated the lifting of restrictions.“I think it’ll be great. I think (the fans) will be revved up.

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Raptors' Nurse fined $50,000 for mask-throwing, profanity

TAMPA, Fla. – The NBA has fined Toronto coach Nick Nurse $50,000 for throwing his facemask behind the scorer’s table and toward the stands, plus for directing profanity toward game officials before leaving the floor at the end of a game Friday night.

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Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse finally has all of his roster back

Toronto Raptors seem to have put their health troubles behind them — finally.Raptors coach Nick Nurse had his full roster at practice on Thursday for the first time in two weeks, which is good news for a team that has lost six straight and plummeted to 11th in the Eastern Conference.“It’s nice to be able to run multiple groups of whatever we’re doing. We even ran some stations today, believe it or not, we had enough people (for) three stations,” Nurse said after practice.

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Powell, Lowry do their bit but undermanned Toronto Raptors beaten handily by the Pistons

Toronto Raptors, missing five players and seven staff members including head coach Nick Nurse, needed help Wednesday.Norm Powell and Kyle Lowry, the only two regular starters available, didn’t get it as the Raptors started well but predictably faded fast in a 129-105 loss to the Detroit Pistons.The Raptors (17-18) were without starters Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby as well as Malachi Flynn and Patrick McCaw due to the league’s health and safety protocols.Siakam, VanVleet and Anunoby had accounted for 1,603 points this season, 42 percent of Toronto’s total prior to Wednesday. COVID-19 health and safety protocols postpone Raptors-Pistons game Powell scored a season-high 36 points and Lowry added 21.

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After dodging COVID-19 for months, the Toronto Raptors are feeling full force of pandemic

Toronto Raptors had largely dodged COVID-19 for the first half of an NBA season reeling from the global pandemic.But the Raptors are feeling the full force of it now, preparing to host the Detroit Pistons with a skeleton roster and coaching staff.Starters Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby, plus Malachi Flynn and Patrick McCaw have all been ruled out of Toronto’s rescheduled game Wednesday against visiting Detroit, along with head coach Nick Nurse and most of his coaching staff.Asked what he’s learned from the team’s first major brush with the virus, GM Bobby Webster said: “That you don’t ever want to go through it again.

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Raptors-Pistons postponed, tentatively set for Wednesday

TAMPA, Fla. – Toronto's game against Detroit that was scheduled for Tuesday is being postponed until Wednesday, a move that the NBA hopes gives the Raptors time to get back onto the floor.

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Toronto Raptors’ game against Chicago Bulls postponed because of COVID-19

Toronto Raptors game against Chicago has been postponed due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols.A statement from the NBA says that because of positive test results and ongoing contract tracing, the Raptors don’t have the league-required eight available players.The Raptors were missing head coach Nick Nurse, five members of his staff and star forward Pascal Siakam for Friday’s win over Houston.

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Raptors' virus issues worsen, game vs. Bulls called off

The Toronto Raptors’ issues with the coronavirus have worsened, prompting the NBA to call off their game scheduled for Sunday night against the Chicago Bulls.

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Nick Nurse, 5 Toronto Raptors coaching staff members sidelined due to COVID-19 safety protocols

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse and five members of his coaching staff have been sidelined due to COVD-19 health and safety protocols.The coaches will not be on the bench beginning with Friday night’s game against the visiting Houston Rockets.Raptors general manager Bobby Webster is scheduled to speak to the media ahead of tipoff.The Raptors have been lucky amid the global pandemic, with no games postponed or rescheduled.

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Anunoby's hot hand helps short-handed Raptors beat Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS – Toronto coach Nick Nurse knew needed somebody to replace the scoring void left by two missing All-Stars.OG Anunoby delivered with jab after jab Sunday.He scored a season-high 30 points, grabbed eight rebounds, defended well and made three of four free throws in the final minute to give the surging Raptors a 107-102 victory over the Indiana Pacers.“I think it comes with opportunity, really,” coach Nick Nurse said. “We had a couple of guys (Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam) who are a good percentage of our offense out, so it’s going to shift somewhere.

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Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says he has to stop pulling his mask down during games

Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says he has to do a better job of keeping his mask on during games.During the NBA team’s first 10 games, Nurse often has been seen on television with his mask pulled down under his nose and mouth.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]NBA coaches are being told to wear masks at all times during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sports in 2020: Disruptions aplenty, only constant was loss

Naomi Osaka, for one, who used her U.S. Open-winning run to speak out on racial injustice.

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Raptors sign coach Nick Nurse to multiyear extension

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Nick Nurse would have been in the final year of his contract next season. The Toronto Raptors weren’t about to let that happen with their coach.Nurse and the Raptors announced a multiyear extension Tuesday, without divulging the terms.

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Rick Zamperin: Contract extension for Nick Nurse a win-win for him and the Raptors

Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday that head coach Nick Nurse has been signed to a multi-year contract extension.The announcement comes four days after the Raptors were bounced from the second round of the NBA playoffs, and the Disney bubble, by the Boston Celtics.The deal is a win-win for the organization and Nurse himself, who became Toronto’s head coach on June 13, 2018, following the dismissal of Dwane Casey.

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Sustainability of sports during the pandemic

With the Toronto Raptors out of the 2020 NBA playoffs, head coach Nick Nurse says the team is focusing on the future. But with a mixed bag of major league pandemic plans, can pro sports score a sustainable model? Morganne Campbell reports.

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NBA Playoffs: Toronto Raptors sweep 1st round with 150-122 win over Brooklyn Nets

Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse named NBA coach of the year Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 10 assists for the Raptors. They upped their record to 11-1 in the bubble and made it clear it won’t be easy to knock them off their spot atop the NBA.Boston handed Toronto its lone loss since the restart and will be a much sterner test than the undermanned Nets, who were using converted guards as forwards, and forwards as centres.The Raptors would likely need Lowry for that one.

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Raptors’ Nick Nurse says winning NBA’s Coach of the Year ‘humbling’

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse spoke Saturday after he was named the NBA’s Coach of the Year for the 2019-2020 season.

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Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse named NBA coach of the year

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been named the NBA Coach of the Year.Nurse, who has the Raptors on the verge of the second round of the playoffs, was a runaway winner, receiving 90 first-place votes from a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. He finished with 470 points.Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer was second after leading the Bucks to the best record in the suspended season, earning 147 points.

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Raptors rally past Sixers to give Griffin a coaching win

Photo by Ashley Landis-Pool/Getty Images) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Stanley Johnson scored the tiebreaking basket in the lane with 4.9 seconds remaining, giving the Toronto Raptors a 125-121 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday that made a winner of Adrian Griffin.Raptors coach Nick Nurse let his assistant coach run the team and they responded with a late run from the bottom of their bench, long after Philadelphia's Joel Embiid had ended his night, to improve to 6-1 in the restart.“Tomorrow back to reality, but it was an awesome feeling,” Griffin said.Kyle Lowry and Chris Boucher each scored 19 points for the Raptors.

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Toronto Raptors Kneel For Anthems Ahead Of 1st Real Game After COVID-19 Break

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Toronto Raptors kneeled for both the Canadian and American national anthems ahead of their first real game in nearly five months Saturday.

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Raptors still have decisions to make before NBA restarts

The Toronto Raptors have an NBA championship to defend, a very long stay at the Disney complex awaiting them and plenty of unanswered questions on how the restart of the season will work.As the NBA’s lone Canadian team, there’s an added complexity: The U.S. border.Raptors coach Nick Nurse said Tuesday that his team is still working through various scenarios for having workouts before heading to Disney World near Orlando, Florida along with 21 other teams next month for the restart of the season.

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NBA coaches prepare for possible intriguing playoff matchups

With NBA games indefinitely on hold there has been a lot of discussion about postseason possibilities — including by coaches around the league.

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