thestar.com - 4/14/2008
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TONIGHT AIR CANADA CENTRE TIPOFF: 7 p.m. TV: Sportsnet RADIO: CHAM 820 KEY MATCHUP Raptors vs. Complacency Toronto's still got something to play for and the Heat – or what passes as the Heat these days – are simply playing out the string. But as everyone's seen before this season, there are moments when Toronto has a tendency to play down to the level of the opposition. NOTES • Ricky Davis may ...
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Linkage - April 14
The AltRaps Blog —
... last two months we’ve played about 20 and that’s not a definition of our season. We still have a lot of good things we can do." "We can’t rely on choosing our opponent," said Nesterovic. "Whoever is there, we are going to have to play better basketball than we are right now." Or, as coach Sam Mitchell puts it: "It doesn’t matter who you’re playing, it’s how you’re playing. If we’re playing well, we can beat anybody. If you’re not playing well, you’re not going to beat anybody." - Toronto Star And it wasn’t just the shots. End of first quarter, Pistons with last shot and ...
Monday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Shuffling into the playoffs, heads held not too high: the Toronto Raptors. Doug Smith of the Toronto Star: "It will take leaving all recent history behind and trying to recapture performances that came more than a quarter of a season ago. Can they? They think they can, but not by playing the way they did yesterday in a 91-84 loss to the Detroit Pistons. 'I think that no matter who we play in the playoffs we are just going to have to change the mentality and the focus to the game,' said Rasho Nesterovic." ...
Orlando Magic Will Play Toronto Raptors in First Round of NBA Playoffs
Third Quarter Collapse —
... Bad news for us, because I really would prefer to play Philadelphia. But the Raptors haven't played well lately, as Doug Smith notes (HT: ...
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