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NBA | Frustration starting to boil over for Raps
RAPTORS REPORT WEDNESDAY vs. Milwaukee, 7 p.m., The Score FRIDAY vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m., Sportsnet SUNDAY at Detroit, 1 p.m., The Score NOTES • Jose Calderon is scheduled to throw out the first pitch at today's Red Sox-Blue Jays game at the Rogers Centre. The Spaniard doesn't have any previous experience on a diamond, but one assumes he'll do fine: among basketball's fundamentals resides the ...
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Linkage - April 6
The AltRaps Blog — ... his lap," said Mitchell. "And Chris did what he was supposed to do, he passed the basketball and we missed shots."The feeling is we’ve just got to play better. Everybody in there is frustrated. They understand we’re not playing as well as we’re capable of playing. That’s no secret. We all feel that. What do y’all think? We don’t care? Y’all think you’re all more frustrated than us? It’s not y’all jobs. It’s our jobs. F—, we care. Everybody in that locker room, they’re playing hard." - Toronto Star You could see Bosh getting more tired, and more slow on his decisions and passes ...

The Sunday Click -- Talkin' About Playoffs
Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog — ... It's the first time they've been seen sporting a sub-.500 record since November. And the slump's weight is getting heavy. "The players are frustrated. The coaches are frustrated. We're all frustrated," said Sam Mitchell, the Raptors coach. "This is our job. We expect more out of ourselves. But we also understand that come April 14th, there's going to be (14) teams (that don't make the playoffs). You go into their locker room and guess what? They won't be there. We'll be there." -- Read More HAWKS STARTING TO SOAR Dave D'Alessandro of The Star-Ledger lauds the chemistry that ...

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