Title: Influence of G League on display for Raptors and Warriors in NBA Finals
Date: May 29, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the heavy G League influence on the Raptors and Warriors in the NBA Finals.
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Title: Deep Dive Series Preview: How do the Raptors and Warriors matchup? A study of playing styles, rotations and more
Date: May 29, 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 NBA Finals between the Raptors and Warriors.
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Title: Beat writer series preview: Do the Raptors have enough to end the Warriors’ championship streak?
Date: May 28, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I went back-and-forth with a writer from The Athletic Bay Area to preview the Raptors-Warriors NBA Finals.
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Title: What the Raptors might be able to learn from the Warriors’ playoff past
Date: May 28, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I looked at the Warriors’ recent and more long-term playoff pasts to see what the Raptors may be able to borrow from other teams who played them well.
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Title: The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast – No margin of error: NBA Finals Preview after historic comeback over Bucks
Date: May 27, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The Raptors Reasonablists Podcast, Eric Koreen and I preview the Raptors in the NBA Finals against the Warriors. Read an excerpt!
Title: Raptor Recalibration, Game 6: Siakam as a screener, Antetokounmpo’s rests, the croquet charge and more
Date: May 24, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, my playoff day-after playoff column looked at the Raptors punching their ticket to the NBA Finals with a dramatic comeback against the Bucks. Read an excerpt!
Title: ‘We ain’t finished’: 24 years in the making, here are 24 thoughts from the Raptors making the NBA Finals
Date: May 26, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors making the NBA Finals, going through a mess of moments and thoughts still in my head the next morning. Read an excerpt!
Title: The 26-3 run that sent the Raptors to the NBA Finals
Date: May 25, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the epic Raptors comeback that secured them their first trip to the NBA Finals.
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Title: Raptor Recalibration, Game 5: Bucks switching, Kawhi Leonard’s impossible hands, Mengke Bateer and more
Date: May 24, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic, my playoff day-after playoff column looked at the Raptors taking a 3-2 series lead against the Bucks and playing themselves within a game of the finals. Read an excerpt!
Title: The Raptors have been here before (kind of): What’s different now than in 2016
Date: May 23, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the last time the Raptors found themselves tied 2-2- in the conference final and why it feels so different this time around.
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