Shane Battier scored 26 points to lead the visiting Houston Rockets to a 124-112 victory over the Toronto Raptors in exhibition action Thursday night. The Raptors fell to 2-4, while the Rockets improved to 3-2. Andrea Bargnani led the Raptors with 16 points, all in the first half. Chris Bosh and Hedo Turkoglu c0ntributed a quiet 13 and [...] Continue Reading

Louis Williams scored 17 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 107-98 victory over the Toronto Raptors in the first NBA pre-season game for both teams on Tuesday night. Andrea Bargnani led the Raptors in scoring with 22 points on 9-for-14 shooting at the John Labatt Centre in London. The Raptors entered training camp with nine new [...] Continue Reading

Training camp hasn’t even begun and Raptors star Chris Bosh is already on the sidelines. According to a press release from the team, Bosh will miss the start of next week’s training camp in Ottawa with a strained left hamstring. “He experienced initial discomfort last week while training in Dallas and reaggravated the hamstring during a workout [...] Continue Reading

Turkey fell to rival Greece 76-75 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the European basketball championship despite forward Hedo Turkoglu’s team-leading 13 points, five rebounds, and two assists. In the final minute of play Turkoglu, the newest Toronto Raptor, hit a clutch basket down low to make it 75-74. However, Greece guard Nikolaos Zisis scored a [...] Continue Reading