Blake Murphy Sports Writing

Title: Deep Dive Series Preview: How do the Raptors and Magic matchup? A study of playing styles, rotations and more
Date: April 11, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I performed a deep dive into the lineups, rotations, key matchups, playing styles and more for the first-round playoff series between the Raptors and Magic.
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Title: Slimm Duck shines, Raptors turn in as positive a regular season finale as there is
Date: April 9, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors’ closing out their season on a fun high note in a mostly meaningless game in Minnesota.
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Title: Raptors Season in Review: Revisiting clutch performances, WOWYs and more
Date: April 8, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I revisited all of the studies and deep data dives I did from throughout the season and updated them with a full season of data, looking to draw some conclusions ahead of the playoffs.
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Title: Money moves: How the Raptors saved $18 million, the 15th-man question and looking ahead to 2019 and 2020
Date: April 5, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I updated the Raptors’ end-of-season cap sheet, exploring how they saved $18 million and looking ahead to the next two summers.
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