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On Tuesday night, the reason the Raptors lost in Washington was that they allowed four offensive rebounds in the five-minute overtime, and got murdered on the boards all night. It’s not that Toronto is the worst rebounding team in the league — that would be Phoenix, actually. In fact, by percentage of available rebounds grabbed, [...]

The key to last night’s game, played before an announced crowd of 12,905 at the Verizon Center, was that the undermanned Wizards had a 19-12 advantage in offensive rebounds for the entire game and a 4-0 advantage in the overtime.
It is a far too familiar story for the Raptors.

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"We have confidence," Bosh said. "When we start the game [driving to the basket] and trying to get to the free-throw line, and driving and kicking, we’re a tough team to beat because we have guys letting wide-open threes go. I think that helps us out."

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….rain..snow…rain…snow….make up your mind.
Here’s a thought: Raptors lose out in the Mighty Mouse our cheese is bigger sweepstakes. Why not go after the Birdman? TJ will be back soon anyway, so why waste $$$ on a third string guard? Go after Jamario Moon v1.0!!!
Practice….we are gonna talk about practice. First of all, have you ever [...]

The concept of trash talking is lost on Jose Calderon.
He doesn’t do it himself and when it is directed at him, which is happening more frequently, rarely does he realize it.
Calderon’s first experience with this predominantly North American practice was in his rookie season.
"The only guy I remember doing it was in [...]

Afterwards I asked Calderon what Mitchell used to called him.
“I cannot say that for the media,” he said in his thick Spanish accent. “It was ‘beeeeep rook.’” He made a long beeping noise to emphasize the abundance of syllables.
“In the beginning it was tough, because, you know, we didn’t win many games,” Calderon said. “He [...]

For 12 minutes they were as good as maybe they can be, pesky and dominant on defence, selective and successful on offence, a performance at both ends of the floor that had coaches smiling and starters resting for the final minutes.
And when the Raptors had put the finishing touches on a Friday Night Laugher, a [...]

….Jose’s streak comes to an end tonight.
Can anyone explain why the Raptors got to inbound the ball at midcourt after the ball went out of bounds behind their basket around :50seconds left in the 4th in the Boston game? I thought they would have to inbound the ball in their end after the timeout. I [...]

Calderon? Not so much. Which is pathetic. He’s barely being mentioned as a replacement for the All-Star bench, either. Peter May called him "a long shot" in this column today dedicated to Ray Allen’s hope for the All-Star team. Ray Allen?
Calderon’s been hurt by Kidd’s rebounding ability, and propensity to make the ESPN highlights [...]

…..I don’t know whether to laugh or cry as I listen to this. Please hold me.

mommy….mommy….that bad man scares me..!!!
Speaking of being fearful of high-ranking basketball officials, did you hear that Larry Brown sees scary people too? Come to think of it, other than Marbury being Marbury, through time you never really hear of Knicks [...]