Oct 30, 2009 11:00 AM EST
The Score televised Toronto's season opener and announced that it drew a record audience of 420,000 during its broadcast, with a peak audience of 741,000 during the final half-hour.
It was the highest regular-season Raptors audience across any Canadian network within the past decade.
The previous high had been an audience of 238,000.
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The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have exercised the fourth-year team option on the Rookie Scale Contract of guard Marco Belinelli. Belinelli is now guaranteed through the 2010-11 season. In accordance with the league’s collective bargaining agreement, the Raptors had until October 31 to exercise their option on Belinelli. Per team policy, financial terms of the deal was not disclosed.
Belinelli had 10 points in 19 minutes in Wednesday’s season-opening win versus Cleveland.
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Oct 29, 2009 12:46 PM EST
Andrea Bargnani scored 28 points and had a team-best FIC game score of 16.5 in Toronto's 101-91 Opening Night win over Cleveland.
"I was talking about that with a friend the other day. I was saying if Andrea gets going, if he's scoring the basketball a lot, then we're going to be tough to beat," said Chris Bosh. "He had a great second half of (last) season, but we haven't had that consistency with him scoring so many points. So that's a plus for us."
"I think there's not too many 7-footers who can do the things he can do," added Toronto point guard Jose Calderon, who picked up 11 assists. "Maybe (Dirk) Nowitzki is the only one."
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Raptors Oct 2009 Archive
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Oct 29, 2009
A number of players made successful debuts on Wednesday night, but Cleveland's second consecutive loss stole headlines.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 29, 2009
The Raptors will advise their players to get the H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available, team officials confirmed on Wednesday.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 28, 2009
Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu believes that the team is as good as any in the NBA this season.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 27, 2009
Raptors forward Chris Bosh appears to still be upset over comments made by Shaquille O'Neal last season.
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Toronto Star | Oct 26, 2009
The Raptors are attempting to adjust to their new pieces and that has led them to become almost too unselfish with the basketball.
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Toronto Star | Oct 21, 2009
Chris Bosh doesn't want to see the Raptors change their game-day routine as some teams have this season.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 19, 2009
Raptors point guard Marcus Banks was sidelined with the flu on Sunday.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 18, 2009
Reggie Evans doesn't know when he'll be able to take the floor for the Raptors because of a foot injury.
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Boston Globe | Oct 18, 2009
Bryan Colangelo improved the Raptors through a series of trades this summer, but it didn't come as an explicit directive from Chris Bosh.
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Toronto Star | Oct 18, 2009
The Raptors want rookie forward DeMar DeRozan to earn a starting role, but injures may hand him the spot.
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Houston Chronicle | Oct 16, 2009
The Raptors wanted to keep forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu this summer, but all their deals made it nearly impossible.
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Canadian Press | Oct 15, 2009
Reggie Evans is expected to miss the remainder of Toronto's pre-season with a sprained left foot.
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Toronto Star | Oct 13, 2009
Hedo Turkoglu is expected to make his preseason debut for the Raptors on Wednesday night.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 12, 2009
Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu has missed four straight preseason games due to fatigue.
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FanHouse | Oct 10, 2009
Raptors forward Chris Bosh isn't ready to fully commit to playing for Team USA just yet.
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Toronto Star | Oct 10, 2009
Raptors forward Chris Bosh bulked up this offseason, but hasn't lost any of his trademark speed or quickness.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 6, 2009
Raptors coach Jay Triano isn't worried about the minor injuries that Chris Bosh and Hedo Turkoglu are battling.
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Toronto Star | Oct 4, 2009
Raptors forward Chris Bosh revealed that New York is his favorite road destination.
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Toronto Sun | Oct 4, 2009
Fans showered Raptors forward Chris Bosh with chants of "Re-sign, re-sign" during the team's scrimmage on Saturday.
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Globe and Mail | Oct 2, 2009
Demar DeRozan will soon sign an endorsement deal with Nike.
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Toronto Star | Oct 2, 2009
Chris Bosh now weighs a career-high 250 pounds.
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Press Release | Oct 1, 2009
Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers tops the list of most popular NBA jerseys in Europe for the second straight year.
