<font size=""4"">Raps' win over Knicks hurts</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Of course, maybe it's not so surprising to those that have been closely following this team. The Raptors have a certain swagger about them, a cockiness that no matter what the opposition throws at them or how big the deficit is, this group can come back. And for the past three games, no one has embodied that attitude more than T.J. Ford. The Raptors point guard was on fire hitting for 18 points and most impressively a career high-tying 18 assists in a 104-94 win over the New York Knicks. The victory extended the Raptors lead in the Atlantic Division to six games over the idle New Jersey Nets and 61/2 over the Knicks, who play host to Toronto on Sunday. </div> <font size=""4"">Raptors 104, Knicks 94</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">On a night when grit was more important than glamour, when bodies bounced off the floor like basketballs and injuries occurred with shocking regularity, the Raptors beat the New York Knicks 104-94 in a playoff-style atmosphere before a sold-out crowd of 19,800 at the Air Canada Centre.</div> <font size=""4"">Raps trip up Knicks</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The game was Toronto?s first of two in a five days against their Atlantic Division rival, and gave the Raptors a 61/2 game lead over the Knicks atop the division. </div> <font size=""4"">Ford drives Raps past Knicks</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Bodies were bouncing all night and the game had enough edge that Knicks coach Isiah Thomas could be heard willing Chris Bosh to miss a pair of free throws late in the fourth quarter. Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell took offence, to which Thomas responded: "That guy makes $15-million, I can't talk to him when he's shooting free throws?"</div> <font size=""4"">Plenty of Canadians to watch in March Madness</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Toronto's Jemino Sobers is the starting centre for Central Connecticut, the longest of longshots in this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament. His 16th-seeded Blue Devils have the unenviable task of facing No. 1 seed Ohio State (30-3) in their opener Thursday at Lexington, Ky.</div> D<font size=""4"">ivision-Leading Raptors Give Knicks Glimpse of What Could Be</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">There were looks of confusion across the Knicks? faces in the second half, when a 10-point lead became a 13-point deficit, and uniform bewilderment in the locker room afterward.</div> <font size=""4"">HE'S NOT EDDY FOR PRIME TIME</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Curry committed six turnovers, scored 13 points, missed six free throws and couldn't defend first-overall pick Andrea Bargnani in a wretched 104-94 loss to the Raptors at Air Canada Centre.</div> <font size=""4"">The rebirth of an old rivalry</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Both franchises have fallen on hard times over the last few seasons, so the rivalry faded away. But now that the Raptors lead the Atlantic Division and the Knicks are tied for the eighth playoff seed in the Eastern Conference, the two Knicks-Raptors matchups on Wednesday and Sunday take on an intensity that hasn't been felt between these teams in six years.</div> <div align="center"><u><font size=""5"">Sunshine Girl - 3/15/07</font></u> </div>
