Raptors

Lakers’ Dennis Schroder Taken Down By ‘WWE’ Move In Mid-Game Scuffle W/ Raptors

By Elsie A. Dotson 2 weeks ago

The NBA hardwood looked more like the squared circle Tuesday … ’cause Lakers star Dennis Schroder was taken down by a “WWE” move in a tiff with the Raptors — and he was NOT happy about it.

The wild scene all went down in the first quarter of L.A.’s game against Toronto … when Dennis fouled OG Anunoby HARD to prevent the guy from scoring points.

In Dennis’ mind, the play was perfectly acceptable — he said later in the night it was simply just a smart basketball move to stop a possible and-one play.

Anunoby, though, clearly disagreed … because he was so pissed over the grab — he straight-up flipped Schroder with a

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Kyle Lowry rallies Raptors to 2OT win, forces Game 7 vs. Celtics

By Jaime E. Love 7 months ago

For the first time since Kawhi Leonard’s bouncing miracle last year, the Toronto Raptors will play a Game 7. To get there, it took a game just as wild as that win over the Philadelphia 76ers so many months ago.

Trading haymaker after haymaker in two overtimes, the Raptors outlasted the Boston Celtics in Game 6 for a classic 125-122 win.

Throwing many of the Raptors’ punches was, who else, Kyle Lowry, who led all scorers with 33 points on 12-of-20 shooting (6-of-10 from deep), plus eight rebounds, six assists, two steals and just one turnover. His final points came on a clutch fadeaway to give the Raptors a four-point lead with just a few seconds remaining.

Supporting Lowry in overtime was Norman Powell, whose free throws sealed the game for the Raptors. Powell finished with 23 points.

The Celtics seemed headed for advancement for much of the first half,

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