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Raptors Chris Boucher is only getting started

Opportunity came calling and Chris Boucher answered on the first ring.

ZICARELLI: Ball needs to be in Siakam's hand in game-winning moments

In the absence of a true closer, a legitimate go-to option capable of creating his own shot or drawing defenders leading to open looks, the Raptors have no other choice but to live or die with the ball in Pascal Siakam’s hand.

PHOTOS: Raptors in action in 2021

RAPTORS BLOG: 2-8 record is deceiving, Siakam's return to form bodes well

But centres need to provide more as season continues

'TOUGH ROAD TRIP': Raptors lose in Portland as Siakam's buzzer-beating attempt won't drop

Back to back in yet another close game that came down to the wire, it was make or break time for the Raptors as they wrapped up a four-game Western swing.

Reeling Raptors need to turn moral victories into real wins as season slips away

In terms of moral victories, the Raptors might be among the league leaders, if such feats of consolation are ever tracked.

Raptors put clamps on Curry but can't outlast rest of Warriors

Fred VanVleet and the Raptors put a blanket over Steph Curry and in 2021 with the Golden State Warriors super reliant on the veteran sharpshooter for offence, that should have been enough.

GANTER: Nurse seriously contemplating going small with his starting five

The angst swirling around the Toronto Raptors is beginning to dwindle.

WOLSTAT RAPTORS: VanVleet's all-star emergence, Siakam's return to form, the starting lineup and no fans in Tampa Bay

Friday’s comeback Raptors win at Sacramento might be the weirdest game we’ll see all year.

Raptors, minus Lowry, beat Kings by 21

The fight is back in the Toronto Raptors.

Raptors try a new face in the middle

Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has made no secret of the fact that he’s still searching for that right mix that will finally get this team playing up to what many believe is its full potential.

Nurse has options aplenty for Raptors, but none that really appeal

Two rather important decisions await Raptors’ head coach Nick Nurse.

WOLSTAT RAPTORS: The good (Siakam), the bad (Powell's finishing) and the ugly (Baynes)

Should we start with the good or bad today?

Signs of progress, but Raptors fall to 1-6 with loss in Phoenix

The Raptors got Pascal Siakam back in P-Skills mode but team defence remains an issue.

GANTER: Raptors head west hoping to find their game

It’s not an ideal situation, heading west for an extended trip and hoping for some positive change, but that is the situation in which the Raptors find themselves.