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| Celtics aim for home-and-home sweep of Raptors |
NBA Basketball |
01/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Boston Celtics finally broke out of their slumber by ending a four-game losing streak with a win over the Toronto Raptors. The two teams will meet again Monday night in the back end of a home-and-home series from TD Banknorth Garden. The Celtics returned to their winning ways with Sunday's 94-88 victory over the Raptors at Air Canada Centre, as Ray Allen posted a season-high 36 points on 11-of-14 shooting. Allen made eight of his 10 three-point tries for the Celtics, who had dropped fou |
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| Boston fends off Raptors, gets back to winning ways |
NBA Basketball |
01/11/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Ray Allen was nearly perfect in his season-high 36-point game, leading the Boston Celtics to a 94-88 victory over the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Allen shot 11-of-14 overall and 8-of-10 from three-point range for the Celtics, who had lost four straight and seven of their last nine after a 19- game winning streak. Rajon Rondo posted 14 points and 11 assists, and Kevin Garnett had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the win. "12:30 games are tough for us, for most of us not hav |
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| Celtics try to regroup in Toronto |
NBA Basketball |
01/11/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The struggling Boston Celtics will try to put the brakes on a season-high four-game losing streak Sunday when they close out a short road trip up north against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Boston has dropped four in a row and seven of nine since ripping off a team record 19 consecutive wins. In Friday's 98-83 loss to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena, Kevin Garnett tallied 18 points and 15 rebounds for the defending NBA champions. The four-game ski |
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| Bosh and Raptors blow past Grizzlies |
NBA Basketball |
01/09/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Chris Bosh totaled 32 points and 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 103-82, at Air Canada Centre. Andrea Bargnani posted 21 points and eight rebounds for the Raptors, who have won four of five. Willie Solomon contributed 10 points and nine assists in place of the injured Jose Calderon, who sat out for the fourth consecutive game with a hamstring injury. "We won a game that we were supposed to, and we are just trying to keep everything moving," B |
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| Bulls welcome Wizards to Windy City |
NBA Basketball |
01/09/2009 |
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| and to the United Center. Meanwhile, the Wizards will try to end a three-game road losing streak Friday against the Bulls. They have dropped two in a row overall and four of the last five games, including Wednesday's 99-93 defeat at the hands of the Toronto Raptors at the Verizon Center. Antawn Jamison scored 14 of his game-high 32 points in the fourth quarter, as the Wizards fell to an Eastern Conference-worst 7-27. Caron Butler added 15 points in defeat. Washington is 2-14 as the guest this season. The Bulls |
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| Raptors host Grizzlies at Air Canada Centre |
NBA Basketball |
01/09/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Raptors aim to continue their strong play in the new calendar year when they take the floor tonight against the lowly Memphis Grizzlies at the Air Canada Centre. The Raptors have won three of four games so far in January, with the most recent a 99-93 victory at Washington on Wednesday. Andrea Bargnani paced Toronto with 25 points to aid an 18-point, eight-rebound, six-assist performance from teammate Chris Bosh. Bargnani has flourished since being inserted into the starting line |
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| Raptors deal Adams to Clippers |
NBA Basketball |
01/07/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Raptors dealt guard-forward Hassan Adams and cash considerations to the Los Angeles Clippers for a future second- round draft pick on Wednesday. Adams appeared in 12 games this season, totaling 11 points and seven rebounds in 52 minutes. He was signed by the Raptors as a free agent July 8. He was taken 54th overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets and spent the 2006-07 season with the team before playing with a pair of clubs in Italy last season. |
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| Bucks welcome Sixers to Bradley Center |
NBA Basketball |
01/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Bucks will resume a three-game homestand Wednesday versus the Philadelphia 76ers at the Bradley Center. Milwaukee opened the residency with a 107-97 win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday, as Michael Redd scored a season-high 35 points and Charlie Villanueva added 25 points to lead the way. Ramon Sessions and Charlie Bell each had 11 for the Bucks, who have won six of nine overall and will also host New Jersey on the homestand. The Bucks were without center Andrew Bogut, who m |
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| Banged-up Raptors visit Wizards |
NBA Basketball |
01/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Raptors try to rebound from a recent road loss when the injury-plagued club pays a visit to the team with the worst record in the Eastern Conference, the Washington Wizards, tonight at the Verizon Center. Playing without two of its top three scorers in center Jermaine O'Neal and guard Jose Calderon, Toronto saw a brief two-game win streak halted with Monday's 107-97 defeat at Milwaukee. Michael Redd poured in a season-best 35 points to pace the Bucks. Chris Bosh compiled 31 poin |
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| Magic host Wizards at Amway Arena |
NBA Basketball |
01/06/2009 |
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| ctories on the season, won for just the third time in its last 13 games, but has won three of its last five. Now, the Wiz visit the Southeast-leading Magic, who enter tonight's tilt on a sour note after dropping a 108-102 decision to the undermanned Toronto Raptors on Sunday at Air Canada Centre. Dwight Howard matched a career-high with 39 points and pulled down eight rebounds but missed two critical free throws late in the game for Orlando, which is still 9-2 over its last 11 games. Rashard Lewis registered 2 |
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