TORONTO -- It was a lopsided victory, a blowout, a laugher.
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Saturday night, Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey insisted it was still
invaluable for evaluating the depth of his team early in the season. "It wasnt a
night off," Casey said. "Were still building something and its serious. "It gave
us an opportunity to get some work in, look at different people and different
combinations." The Raptors (3-4) scored the first five points of the night and
never trailed on the way to ending a three-game losing streak. Toronto led by as
many as 38 points against a Jazz team that dropped to 0-7. "No matter who you
play, you have to give it 48 (minutes)," Casey said. "We started the game out,
we ended it playing the game the right way. Thats what were looking for." A
dozen different Raptors had a field goal and the starters got lots of rest in
the second half. Tyler Hansbrough had 23 points off the bench to lead the
Raptors before 17,211 at Air Canada Centre. The 115 points marked the first time
this season Toronto has reached the century mark. The only sour note on the
night for the Raptors was a right ankle injury to starting point guard
Kyle Lowry. He had nine points in 15 minutes but did not play in the second
half. "I think he just tweaked it," Casey said of Lowry, who in the locker-room
after the game was wearing both shoes and only limping slightly. "If he had to
go, he would have been OK." The Raptors, wearing green camouflage uniforms in
honour of the Canadian Forces, still hardly put on a military precise
performance. They committed 12 turnovers on the night, four less than Utah.
Toronto shot less than 50 per cent from the field, while Utah shot 44 per cent.
But playing the third set of back-to-back games in the young season, the Raptors
were happy to take the lopsided win before going back out on the road for games
in Houston on Monday and Memphis on Wednesday. "We just needed to get our heads
on straight, come out with some focus and take our anger out on somebody," said
Terrence Ross, who had nine points in 17 minutes off the bench. "We just played
the way we know how to play, so we came out and took care of business."
Hansbrough said the Raptors had a better mentality Saturday night than in their
three straight losses. "The whole team just came out and competed and thats what
happened," he said. Seven games in, Hansbrough said the Raptors second unit is
getting more comfortable with each other. "The more time we get the better our
chemistrys going to get," he said. And, with a victory never really in doubt,
the guys off the bench got plenty of playing time. Amir Johnson logged the most
minutes of any starter and still put in just over half the game. DeMar DeRozan
was the leading scorer among starters, pouring in 18 points in 24 minutes of
play as the Raptors briefly threatened to match their largest lead in team
history -- a 43-point advantage over the Miami Heat on March 19, 2008, a game
they eventually won by 42 points. Gordon Hayward had 24 points to lead the Jazz.
"We didnt really look at it that they were winless," said DeRozan. "Whoever we
were playing we thought it was a must-win, especially on our home court. We just
tried to come out with high energy." The Raptors led 30-16 after the first
quarter as Lowry paced Toronto with nine points, hitting three-of-four
three-pointers. Jonas Valanciunas chipped in eight points, making his first four
shots of the night. Toronto took a 62-36 lead into the locker-room at halftime
with a balanced attack. Nine different Raptors scored in the opening half, none
of them in double figures. Rudy Gay, Lowry, Hansbrough and Ross each led the way
with nine points in the first 24 minutes as Toronto hit 50 per cent from the
field, including 7-of-13 three-point attempts. The Jazz, meanwhile, played like
the NBAs only winless team. Utah had 13 turnovers in the opening half leading to
19 Toronto points. The visitors went into the break shooting just 41 per cent,
making only one-of-eight attempts from beyond the arc and attempting 12 fewer
field goals than Toronto.
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in the second of a six-game homestand.
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drive in any series he wanted, Juan Pablo Montoya thought long and hard about
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Evan Turner added 22 points, and the 76ers hung on for their first road win
since Nov. 1, beating the depleted Los Angeles Lakers 111-104 on Sunday
night.PORTLAND, Ore. -- A healthy LaMarcus Aldridge makes a world of difference
for the Portland Trail Blazers. Aldridge scored 28 points in his third game back
from injury and the Trail Blazers extended their winning streak to three games
with a 105-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night. "Whether hes
scoring or not, just getting him touches has a big effect on the game, has a big
effect on how the defence reads our offence," Blazers centre Robin Lopez said of
Aldridge. Reserve Mo Williams added 17 points and Wesley Mathews had 15 for the
Blazers, who avoided a three-game sweep in the season series. "LA coming back
has brought us back to what we do and how we do it," Williams said. "With LA, we
know what we need to do and where we need to go, where we get our shots, and
when to be aggressive." Portland opened a two-game lead over Golden State for
the fifth place in the Western Conference playoff race and pulled within 2 1/2
games of No. 4 Houston with seven games remaining. Zach Randolph scored 21
points and Marc Gasol had 20 for the Grizzlies, who lost back-to-back games for
the first time since Feb. 3-5 and dropped a half-game behind idle Dallas for the
Wests eighth and final playoff berth. The Blazers shot 52.0 per cent (39 of 75)
and had five players score in double figures. Aldridge, who missed seven games
with a back contusion, was the catalyst on offence, making 10 of 20 shots from
the field and going 8 for 8 at the free-throw line. The Grizzlies were
determined to play Aldridge straight up defensively and not double, as they had
in their two wins over Portland. Memphis looked mostly to Randolph, their
6-foot-9, 260-pound power forward, to go toe-to-toe with the Blazers All-Star.
"LaMarcus is their horse," Randolph said. "Hes what makes them go, so anytime
youve got your best player out there, it makes a difference." Portland dominated
the second quarter, making 10 of 16 shots (62.5 per cent) and getting eight
points from both Aldridge and Williams to extend a two-point lead at the end of
the first quarter to a 57-45 halftime advantage. "We knew exactly what they were
going to run," Grizzlies guard Tony Allen said. "It was a grreat game plan
defensively, and they executed.
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points during a first quarter that had eight lead changes and six ties before
Will Barton followed his own miss to score and give the Blazers a 25-23 lead.
The Grizzlies, making their third stop on a five-game swing, made 3 of 14 shots
in the first six minutes of the second quarter and were outscored 16-6 as the
Blazers extended the lead to 41-29 on two free throws by Aldridge with 5:59 left
in the half. "We matched Memphis physicality," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said.
"Our shooting lineup gave us some separation in the first half. We got a lot of
good effort off the bench, too." Mike Conleys 3-pointer pulled the Grizzlies
within 43-34, but the Blazers reeled off six quick points to open their largest
lead of the second quarter, going up 49-34 when Damian Lillard set up
Thomas Robinson for a transition layup with 3:58 to play in the half. Lillard,
held scoreless on 0-for-3 shooting in the first half, hit his first four shots
of the second half, including a 3-pointer that pushed Portlands lead to 78-60.
Trailing 91-70 early in the fourth, the Grizzlies mounted one final push and cut
the Blazers lead to 103-96 on James Johnsons 3-pointer from the left corner with
1:12 to play. Gasols basket pulled Memphis within 103-98 before Lillard made two
free throws with 6 seconds left to close out the scoring. "Portland came out
more aggressive and played with more energy," Grizzlies coach David Joerger
said. "They have a ton of playmakers and they made us chase them all around the
floor." NOTES: The Grizzlies are 16-1 record in road games in which they hold
teams to fewer than 90 points and are now 4-15 record when allowing more than 90
points. . Portlands 105 points were the most against Memphis during all of
March. The Grizzlies entered Sundays game leading the West in points allowed at
94.0 points per game. . Lopez became the fourth Blazer to record 300 offensive
rebounds in a season, joining Kermit Washington, Buck Williams and Chris Dudley.
. After making all five of his free throws, Matthews has made 36 consecutive
foul shots dating to March 14 at New Orleans.
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