Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – Bounce back blowout
Date: April 17, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I check the pulse of the Raptors-Magic series at one game apiece. Read an excerpt!
Title: Raptor Recalibration, Game 2: Managing Leonard’s foul trouble, shooting regression, heavier switching and more
Date: April 17, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, my new playoff day-after playoff column looked at a Raptors bounce-back win against the Magic in Game 2, some minor adjustments, managing minutes through foul trouble, and more. Read an excerpt!
Title: CP24 television appearance previewing Game 2 of Raptors-Magic
Date: April 16, 2019
Original Source: CP 24
Synopsis: I made an appearance on CP24, helping preview Game 2 between the Raptors and Magic.
I don’t have video for this one yet.
Title: ‘What are you gonna do? He was great’: Raptors make statement in Game 2 as Kawhi Leonard’s star shines brightest
Date: April 16, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, I wrote about the Raptors bouncing back in Game 2 against the Magic, evening the series and looking like the Playoff Raptors they initially expected. Read an excerpt!
Title: How The D.J. Augustin Game unfolded, and halftime changes the Raptors made that could influence Game 2
Date: April 15, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, I broke down D.J. Augustin’s big Game 1 performance against the Raptors and how they may look to avoid a repeat. Read an excerpt!
Title:Raptor Recalibration, Game 1: The final minute, the D.J. Augustin matchup, playoff interpretations and more
Date: April 14, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, I introduced a new playoff day-after column where I’ll look at key plays, statistical trends, matchups and more from the Raptors’ playoff run. The first looks at a Game 1 loss to the Magic. Read an excerpt!
Title: ‘New’ Raptors suffer all-too-familiar loss in playoff opener, but Siakam offers chance for change
Date: April 13, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, I wrote about the Raptors’ Game 1 performance being all too familiar but Pascal Siakam offering a glimpse of change to the narrative. Read an excerpt!
Title: Beat writer series preview: Raptors and Magic will see glimpses of the future and the past
Date: April 12, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, I collaborated with Josh Robbins of The Athletic Orlando to preview the first-round playoff series between the Raptors and the Magic.
Read an excerpt!
Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – Magic series preview
Date: April 12, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I preview the Raptors’ first-round playoff series against the Magic. Read an excerpt!
Title:Murphy Mailbag: Playoff rotations, Kawhi Leonard’s future, Okada’s tights and much, much more
Date: April 12, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, I brought back the mailbag in excessive fashion, answering 40 questions about Raptors-Magic, playoff rotations, the future of a few Raptors, and a whole lot more. Read an excerpt!
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