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Raptors hope to keep the cow bells silent

Toronto Raptors Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings return home to face the Raptors in the second game of a back to back for both teams. The Kings are actually a decent team at home with a 15-15 record. The Raptors like many of the mediocre teams in the NBA have been struggling on the road and will have to play some inspired basketball to steal a win tonight. Both teams probably won’t have their legs so expect a few clankers to be thrown up. Tyreke Evans is still on pace to be the rookie of the year as well as being the only player other than the Big O, LeBron and Jordan to average 20, 5, 5 in their rookie season. If the Raptor defense plays the same way it did the last time these two teams met, Evans will have to use the next few games to bring up that average.

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Lakers could be ripe for the picking

Toronto Raptors LA Lakers

The Raptors are in L.A tonight to take on the Lakers who are returning home after a three game East coast trip where they went 0-3 against Miami, Charlotte and Orlando. Kobe is looking to get his team back on track and back to winning with Dallas and Denver chasing them for the Western conference title. The Raptors have been struggling defensively of late and if that continues tonight, the game could be over early. Chris Bosh looked like he was still feeling the effects of the ankle injury that forced him to sit out six games. If the Raptors are going to have any chance of pulling off an upset tonight, they need Bosh playing like the MVP candidate he was earlier and to lead the team with his energy and intensity. It looks like Hedo will also be back and they’ll need him to be at this best as well.

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Sixers face a rested and eager Chris Bosh

Philadelphia 76ers Toronto Raptors

The Sixers are coming into this afternoon’s game on a five game losing streak. It’s important to point out those five games were against the Suns, Lakers, Magic, Hawks and Celtics. They’re going to be hungry for a win after such tough competition. Iguodala especially will be eager to put the team on his back and prove his coach wrong after recent comments about being a good second option and not being able to carry a team. The Raptors will be buoyed by the return of Chris Bosh today and they’ll need him if they hope to win and start their upcoming four game west coast trip with confidence.

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Knicks trying to play spoiler against Raptors

New York Knicks Toronto Raptors

The Knicks are in Toronto for the first of two meetings at the ACC. The Raptors were expecting Chris Bosh to be in uniform tonight and right the ship but he’s out again but this time it’s because of a stomach virus. Hedo is still questionable so a streak that was expected to end tonight suddenly looks in danger of continuing into Sunday’s game.

New York has written off the season and are eagerly waiting for the offseason after clearing up enough cap space with the McGrady trade to land two max free agents. With 22 games to play, D’Antoni is free to try anything like he did against the Pistons when he asked McGrady to run the point. He’ll probably stick with the same game plan tonight. Should be interesting to see what kind of defensive game plan Triano comes up with.

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