thestar.com - 4/9/2008
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TONIGHT BUCKS (26-50) VS. RAPTORS (38-39) AIR CANADA CENTRE TIPOFF: 7 p.m. TV: Score RADIO: FAN 590 KEY MATCHUP A Fresh Team vs. A Tired One. With the Bucks coming off last night's home game against the Celtics, the Raptors, who haven't played since Saturday, have a golden opportunity to snap their three-game losing streak. NOTES • Raptors had their annual Red Party Monday, a season-ending ...
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Linkage - April 9
The AltRaps Blog —
... has been launching the ball more outward than upward. The coach asked one of his assistants, Jay Triano, to remind Bargnani of that textbook tenet. Perhaps Dave Hopla, the shooting coach who worked for the Raptors last season but moved on to Washington this year, would have noted that flaw weeks ago. Exactly why a team built on shooting no longer employs such an expert is one of the questions cranky purists will be asking if this season continues on a course so fundamentally unsound. - Toronto Star Oh, from the “There’s Nothing New” department, there’s nothing new on either ...
Raptors withdrawl
Cuzoogle —
... “Bent knees, for example, have been in short supply in Raptorland. Yesterday, coach Sam Mitchell mentioned that video viewing of an ongoing three-game losing streak has revealed too many instances where Raptors who should know better have caught the ball on the perimeter with straight legs. ...
Late Wednesday Mini-Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... The Raptors are a team that loves the jumper. But they don't have a shooting coach anymore, and here's the case that could be a problem. ...
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NYT > Pro Basketball 4/10/2008
TORONTO (AP) -- Chris Bosh had 32 points and 11 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors ended a three-game losing streak with a 111-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
