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Raps looking to gang up on Celtics

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It’s going to be a tough night for the Raptors. They get to play the Celtics on the second night of a back to back after playing Cleveland last night and they’ll have to do it without Bosh who’s out indefinitely with fractures in the right side of his face. The Raps never established a pecking order outside of Bosh being the first option. Some nights it’s Bargnani, other nights it’s Jack. The consistency has never been there for it to work itself out. Without Bosh, everyone will have to step up if they want to have a shot at beating Boston.

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Raps hoping to end Celtic streak

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Boston is in town to begin the first of two back-to-backs this week. They’ll play Atlanta tomorrow, a team they just lost to on Friday after letting up defensively in the second half. Toronto hasn’t played well against Boston for a while now having lost six straight games. The last loss coming against a Celtics team without Rondo, Pierce and Garnett in the lineup. If they want to avoid extending that streak to seven, they’ll have to show the kind of toughness that was glaring in its absence in Boston last Saturday.

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Raps in Boston to start the new year

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The Toronto Raptors will begin 2010 with back to back games against two of the better teams in the NBA. Fortunately for the Raptors, many of the Celtics’ starters are nursing injuries and are doubtful to play tonight. If they manage to win tonight, they’ll have a healthy Spurs squad waiting for them when they return home tomorrow. A good test to start the year and see how much the team has improved.

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Looking up in the Atlantic

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The Raptors played Boston twice in the preseason and lost both games. The results don’t really matter in the preseason but it was obvious even then that the Celtics were a far superior defensive team. The Celtic bench was very effective against the Raps showing great hustle and grit that allowed them to extend leads without their stars on the floor.

Fast forward a few weeks and the Celtics are once again among the best defensive teams in the league. The Raptors on the other hand are not. Tonight marks the first of four meetings for these two teams and the Raps will need to play well on both ends of the floor if they hope to make the Celtics care about what’s happening below them in the Atlantic.

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