NBA : In the Crosshairs
Young Magic Showing Signs As They Top Jazz
Ken Cross
November 08 The Orlando Magic’s 107-100 win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday showed the signs of a young team that is going up in coach Jamahl Mosley’s first season. FULL STORY
Brady, Edwards Drive Bucs Past Stubborn Falcons
Ken Cross
September 20 Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady fired five touchdown passes and Mike Edwards returned two fourth quarter interceptions for touchdowns as Tampa Bay rolled to its 10th win in a row, 48-25, over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. FULL STORY
Pacers stop short-handed Raptors in Tampa Bay finale
Ken Cross
May 17 The Indiana Pacers, who picked up the 9-seed in this week’s NBA play-in tournament, outscored the Toronto Raptors, 19-9, over the last half of the second quarter to take a 68-55 lead and coasted to a 125-113 win over the Raptors in Amalie Arena on Sunday. FULL STORY
Boucher leads Raptors to come back over Thunder
Ken Cross
April 19 Chris Boucher scored seven of his game-high 31 Points in a 52-second stretch late in the fourth quarter as the spurt pushed the Toronto Raptors to a 112-106 win over Oklahoma City in Amalie Arena Sunday evening. FULL STORY
Short-handed Lakers Stop Transitioning Raptors
Ken Cross
April 07 Back-up guard Talen Horton-Tucker scored 17 points to lead seven Los Angeles Lakers in double figures as they staved off a torrid Toronto comeback, handing the Raptors a 110-101 setback in Amalie Arena on Tuesday evening. FULL STORY
Raptors Use Hot Fourth Quarter to Vanquish 76ers
Ken Cross
February 22 Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet had 23 points apiece and Chris Boucher had 17 as the Toronto Raptors used a solid fourth quarter on both ends of the floor to subdue the Philadelphia 76ers, 110-103, at Amalie Arena in Tampa. FULL STORY
Despite Win, Raptors Starting Cold at New ‘Home’
Ken Cross
January 15 The Toronto Raptors’ trip to Tampa Bay has been anything but a smooth sea with the 2-8 start over the first 10 games and the specter of possibly having to play the full 2020-21 season in Tampa instead of their home digs of the Air Canada Center in Toronto. FULL STORY
NBA in Tampa -- Asides, Musings, Doc & Max Strus
Ken Cross
December 20 No one in the Tampa Bay Area was as excited and giddy as I was to see the NBA come through the doors of Amalie Arena on a couple of days ago when the Toronto Raptors played their first “home” game in the Tampa Bay Area. FULL STORY
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