<div align="center"> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#C43B3B"><span style="font-family:Impact">Miami</span> </span></span><span style="color:#C43B3B">(12-54)</span> vs. <span style="color:#c8362d"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Impact">Toronto</span></span></span> <span style="color:#c8362d">(34-33)</span> </div> <div align="center"> When: Wednesday March 19th, 2007 @ 7:00PM EST Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON TV/Radio: The SCORE, FAN 590 </div> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><div align="center"> <span style="font-family:Impact"><u>GAME PREVIEW</u></span></div></span> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The return of Chris Bosh might be what the Toronto Raptors need to end their longest losing streak of the season. The struggling Raptors are expected to have their All-Star forward back from a knee injury as they look to avoid a sixth consecutive defeat when hosting the lowly Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Toronto (34-33), coming off a 96-79 loss at Utah on Monday to conclude an 0-5 road trip, has gone 2-8 with Bosh out. ?€œI?€™ve been working out for the past couple of days getting back in shape and my knee has responded pretty well,?€? Bosh, the team leader with 22.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, said on his Web site. ?€œI?€™m really excited because I?€™ve been waiting for a while now, watching on the bench every game. I?€™m finally back now!?€? Bosh had 24 points in Toronto?€™s 114-82 win at Miami on Feb. 4, but did not play in the Raptors?€™ 108-83 road victory over the Heat on March 5. Without Bosh, the Raptors allowed 108.4 points in their last 10 games - well above the 97.7 points opponents are averaging versus them in 2007-08. Toronto, trying to secure one of the top four spots in the Eastern Conference and home-court advantage in the first-round of the playoffs, is currently fifth, 3 1/2 games back of fourth-place Cleveland, but just one-half game ahead of sixth-place Washington. On Monday, Toronto?€™s recent frustrations came to a head after Utah used a 24-4 fourth-quarter run to break open a close game. Raptors guard T.J. Ford received two technical fouls and was ejected after as he was restrained by teammates from charging at referee Eddie F. Rush, who called an offensive foul against him. The Jazz shot 55.1 percent, while the Raptors were held to 40.0 percent shooting and their second-lowest scoring total of the season. ?€œFrustration, just frustration,?€? Ford said. ?€œWe kept trying to fight and fight but things just weren?€™t going our way.?€? Jose Calderon had 16 points, while Rasho Nesterovic added 13 and 12 rebounds for Toronto. Forward Andrea Bargnani scored just five points and continued to struggle, recording 16 total in his last three contests after averaging 16.8 in his previous five. Bargnani left at the end of the third quarter after catching an elbow from teammate Jamario Moon, but could be back Wednesday as the Raptors try for a third straight win over the Heat. Miami (12-54) snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 112-106 win at Milwaukee on Tuesday. Jason Williams had 21 points and 10 assists for Miami, which shot 51.3 percent for the game and outscored the Bucks 40-29 in the fourth quarter. ?€œIt feels good to get a win, they?€™re few and far between around here,?€? Williams said. As the Heat tries to win consecutive road games for the first time since Dec. 9-10, they will likely again be without forward Udonis Haslem, who is considering surgery on his sprained left ankle. ?€œThere?€™s an outside chance that he may have to have surgery, arthroscopic surgery to remove a spur,?€? said Miami coach Pat Riley of Halsem, who averages 12.0 points and 9.0 rebounds but has missed 16 of the last 21 games. If he has the surgery, Haslem would join teammates Dwyane Wade (knee), Alonzo Mourning (knee) and Dorell Wright (knee) as those who have had their season end due to injury.</div> <div align="center">Source: Yahoo!Sports</div> <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Impact"><u>STARTING LINEUPS</u></span></div></span> <div align="center"> <span style="color:#C43B3B">Jason Williams - Daequan Cook - Ricky Davis - Shawn Marion - Mark Blount</span> <span style="color:#c8362d">Jose Calderon - Anthony Parker - Jamario Moon - Chris Bosh - Andrea Bargnani </span></div> <span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><div align="center"><u>KEY MATCHUP</u></div></span></span> <div align="center"> <span style="color:#C43B3B">Shawn Marion</span> vs. <span style="color:#c8362d">Jamario Moon</span></div> There's basically no one left on this team anymore. So now the Raptors can focus on limiting the Heat's one legit weapon. More than anything, Jamario just needs to keep the uber-athletic Marion off the boards and prevent him from leaking for fast-break points. It'd be great if Moon could also drive to the bucket and put some pressure on his defender, but I've long since stopped expecting that from him. By all accounts, this game should be over fairly quickly and Marion can spend the rest of the night contemplating his decision to force his way out of Phoenix to be "the man." <div align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Impact"><u>PREDICTION</u></span></span></div> <div align="center">no Wade + no Haslem + Bosh = Raptors win? Hopefully...</div>
<u><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Impact"><div align="center">Something to look at while you wait for the game</u></span></span></div> <div align="center"></div>
lol, I'm getting lazier and lazier with the girl of the game. This time I just searched "sexy bikini girls sex girls" on google images.
Raptors set franchise record for least points allowd in the first half! btw... raps are adding a third jersey for next season. It's supposed to be mainly black...
Jamario Moon with 9 points and 13 rebounds. Parker with a nice dunk. Great job by the Raptors so far. They are really bringing it and this would be a much needed win.
black jersey will looks soo siick, and FINALLY a good win for raps, its so nice to see dem winning for once
The black jersey isn't the one you can buy at CentreSports, fyi. It is supposed to be different than that one. Good win for the Raps, but it means nothing. The Heat are one of the worst teams ever thanks to injuries and deliberate tanking. We might get a playoff preview against the Cavs. I don't have high hopes for that series if it comes to fruition.
Great win boys. I know i've been rantin alot about my hatred for TJ but lastnight was the TJ i like especially at the first of the game, he simply played like a point guard, pass first and feed the hot hand or open man. And what about AB!? I think he should pull a rip and wear it all the time. He was takin it hard to the hole. Love it!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds @ Mar 20 2008, 07:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The black jersey isn't the one you can buy at CentreSports, fyi. It is supposed to be different than that one. Good win for the Raps, but it means nothing. The Heat are one of the worst teams ever thanks to injuries and deliberate tanking. We might get a playoff preview against the Cavs. I don't have high hopes for that series if it comes to fruition.</div> It means something, even if for no other reason than it will be in the record books. Five years from now, no one will say, well the Heat didn't have Wade, they'll see the record as it stands.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hustler @ Mar 19 2008, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>all black would be gay.</div> dude its not all black, its black and red, sum1 reported this lonngg time ago, b4 this season, when they came out with the new ones heres da preview
