(My Sportsbook) - The Charlotte Bobcats will try to string together consecutive wins for the first time this season tonight when they pay a visit to the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. The Bobcats ended a four-game losing streak with a 93-84 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday at Time Warner Cable Arena. D.J. Augustin scored 25 points and Raymond Felton added 23 for the Bobcats, who helped head coach Larry Brown get a win against his former team. Gerald Wallace netted 11 points and Emeka Okafor chipped in eight points and nine boards in a winning effort. The Bobcats will try for their first road win of the season (0-3) on Wednesday night up north. In injury news for the Bobcats, guard Jason Richardson (knee surgery) is questionable for Wednesday's game against Toronto. Richardson has missed the past six games and leads Charlotte with 17.6 points per game. He practiced on Tuesday for the first time since undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on November 12. The Raptors will resume a four-game homestand tonight and have lost the first two tests of the residency. They suffered a 118-103 loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday, as Chris Bosh scored a game-high 24 points and had six rebounds in defeat. Andrea Bargnani added 14 points and seven rebounds for Toronto, which has dropped five of its last seven contests. Jermaine O'Neal, who was nursing a strained left knee, left the game with 7:17 remaining in the first half. He notched six points and two rebounds, and is questionable versus Charlotte. Toronto, which will also host the Atlanta Hawks on the homestand, defeated the Bobcats by an 89-79 score on November 9 this season in Charlotte. The Raptors have won 10 of 13 and 11 of the 15 all-time matchups. Charlotte is just 2-5 at Air Canada Centre.
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