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Raps need to be wary of letdown against Sixers

Toronto Raptors Philadelphia 76ers

The Raptors are in Philadelphia for a rare Saturday afternoon game. The Raptors have an opportunity to make up for the disappointing effort the last time these two teams played in Toronto. What could make this a trap game is the number of injuries Philadelphia is dealing with. Thaddeus Young, Lou Williams and Rodney Carney are all questionable for today’s game. Andre Iguodala is also dealing with plantar fasciitis but he’s determined to keep his iron man streak alive for the third consecutive year. Every game for the Raps is critical now with only eight games left in the season and the Chicago Bulls only 1.5 games back in the standings, there’s no room for a letdown.

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Raptors can’t let Clippers play spoiler

Utah Jazz Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors last played the Clippers on November 13. Bosh, Bargnani and Calderon all had big games and the Raptors won the game going away. Toronto’s big three will have to put bring the same kind of effort to beat the Clips at the ACC where they haven’t won since March 17 when the Hawks were here. The Raps catch a break tonight with Baron Davis out of the lineup with back spasms. This game begins a stretch of three games where all of the Raps’ opponents are teams under .500. It’s a good opportunity to continue to work on improving their defense and team chemistry for the final playoff push.

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How will Hedo respond?

Toronto Raptors Charlotte Bobcats

Another big game tonight against the Charlotte Bobcats who are just ahead of the Raptors in the standings. Charlotte is a very good team at home with a record of 27-8 and that’s something the Raptors will have to overcome if they want to stay ahead of the Bulls. Hedo should be back in the lineup and with all the controversy surrounding his off-court behaviour, will he finally be able to deliver on the promise of his contract as the Raptors close out the season.

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Raptors begin final stretch in Miami

Toronto Raptors Miami Heat

The Raptors and Heat last met on January 27 and with the win, the Raptors overtook the Heat for fifth in the conference. On their way out of town, a Raptor fan working at the airport taunted one of the Heat players about losing the fifth seed and the player responded by saying something to the effect of “we’ll get it back”. After falling to as low as the ninth seed, the Heat are playing some of the best basketball of the season and have climbed to sixth and with a win over the Bucks, they’re only one game away from making good on the promise they made on their way out of Toronto in January.

The Raptors meanwhile are in the eighth spot three games behind the Heat but only a game and half ahead of the Bulls. As Paul and Eric said in their VLOG, this game is more about staying ahead of the improving Bulls rather than catching the Heat again.

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