At this point, the relationship between LeBron James and the Toronto Raptors feels less like a matchup and more like a pattern the league can’t rewrite. No matter the year, no matter the roster on either side, the story somehow ends the same way. The Raptors push, they claw, they get close, and LeBron finds the moment that tilts the game back toward him.
A history Toronto just can’t seem to shake
For nearly a decade, LeBron has been the figure Toronto basketball can’t quite get away from. He left the Eastern Conference back in 2018, but the results have not changed.