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A tale of two teams in 8th place

Toronto Raptors Portland Trailblazers

It’s the final game of the mini four game road trip for the Raptors and it comes on the tail end of a back to back against the Portland Trailblazers. The Blazers are rolling right now having won three straight and are making a push up the Western conference standings. They’re in eighth place but only two games back of fifth place Oklahoma City. Driving the Blazers is Brandon Roy’s resurgence after missing fifteen games with injuries. Roy averaged 34.5ppg in the last couple of games while shooting an incredible 70.25% from the field. This doesn’t bode well for the Raptors whose defense has regressed to their early season form.

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Blazers limp into Toronto

Portland Trailblazers Toronto Raptors

The Raptors are about to begin a tough seven day stretch with the game against the Portland TrailBlazers tonight. The next three games are all against teams over .500. Chris Bosh is sitting out again with his ankle injury and a return Friday against the Cavs seems unlikely. The three days of rest and practice should have the team prepared to play without Bosh. Maybe Hedo’ll be up for this game against the team he almost signed with.

Portland is also dealing with its share of injuries. Marcus Camby and Jerryd Bayless both suffered ankle injuries in the game against the Nets last night and are questionable for tonight. Brandon Roy continues to play well despite a sore hamstring that caused him to miss 15 games already. If Camby sits out, the Blazers who are already without Oden and Przybilla, will be really thin up front. Hopefully the Raptors big men will be able to take advantage of the Blazers’ misfortune.

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