need4sheed.com - 4/14/2008
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On a night when Toronto's star Chris Bosh had a 30 point game, it was the Raptors who came up short. Jason Maxiell and company went into the fourth quarter up three and managed to dominate Toronto on both ends of the floor. Detroit's bench, who finished off both the game and The Raps, pulled out a 91-84 victory at The Palace against a Toronto team that was desperate for the win. Key Points: ...
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Linkage - April 14
The AltRaps Blog —
... Sheed and company had quite a few words with Mr. Delfino before the game, but no love for "The Gangsta." Looks like Primoz doesn’t get much play in Toronto either, he was a DNP. Plenty of boos for Delfino, who went 2-for-7 for 6 points in 26 minutes. Jamario Moon’s missed dunk had the whole Palace crowd in stitches. I’m sure every Piston fan would love to see The Raps in the first round after this one. - Need4Sheed Either the ...
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Detroit Bad Boys —
... We eventually made our way up to our seats, where I took more blurry pictures of the introductions, that snazzy shot of tip-off at the top of this post as well as this semi-amusing video of Amir Johnson taking the place of Rasheed Wallace by leading the Zoo Crew’s pre-game dance:
(For a view that’s close enough to actually see faces, Need4Sheed has the TV clip.)
All in all, it was a fun afternoon — especially with the Pistons’ bench outplaying ...
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Rasho Nesterovic scored 20 points, Chris Bosh had 15 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 91-75 on Monday night. Anthony Parker had 13 and Jason Kapono scored seven of his 11 points in the fourth quarter as the Raptors moved one step closer to ...
