<font size=""4"">Raps can put Knicks in hole</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Hit first, don't be a counter-puncher, be the aggressor," said Mitchell. "The calls, the flow of the game, the team that comes out the most aggressive and gets after people early, you're going to have an advantage."</div> <font size=""4"">Bogut offers apology for rude hand gesture</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Milwaukee centre Andrew Bogut apologized yesterday for getting "caught up in the heat of the moment" and making an obscene gesture to home fans while leaving the court in a 108-93 loss to the Raptors on Monday night.</div> <font size=""4"">Ford shifts gears</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Mitchell said it was worth remembering that Ford is 23 years old. Having missed the entire 2004/05 season following neck surgery he only has two full seasons under his belt and there are aspects of the NBA game he is still learning on the go.</div> <font size=""4"">Tough talk for Raps</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Thanks to an Andrew Bogut moment Monday night in Milwaukee, team toughness was the theme for the Raptors at practice yesterday.</div> <font size=""4"">Raptors learning how to tough it out</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Tough is staying in the game and just doing your job," says forward Chris Bosh. "No matter what happens, no matter what somebody tries to do to get in your head, you just come and play all game, and play every night. That's tough enough, because a lot of people can't do it for 82 games."</div> <font size=""4"">Thomas builds on Grunwald's groundwork</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The irony is that when Grunwald was in Toronto ? he was a day-one employee with the Raptors and spent seven seasons as general manager ? one of the criticisms that justified his departure is that he lacked a similar sounding board, someone with both basketball IQ and a knowledge of the inner workings of the NBA.</div> <font size=""4"">ISIAH: WE'LL BEAT INJURIES</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">With the Knicks going into tonight's game in Toronto clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, the injuries are mounting right along with the pressure at the worst possible time.</div> <div align="center"><font size=""5""><u>Sunshine Girl - 3/14/07</u></font> </div>
