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Raptors Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:40:16 PST

The Raptors are finishing one of the most difficult road stretches in their history.

They've played 16 games on the road?the most the league?following Sunday's 95-89 loss in Miami and will play No. 17 in Washington on Monday night.

Most teams would lament that kind of grind, especially in a sport where home court means so much. Raptors coach Dwane Casey?

Not so much.

"We don't play with the same sense of urgency and intensity at home that we play with on the road," he said. "We've been better on the road."

That's most troubling because after Monday's game, Toronto heads back for seven straight at Air Canada Centre, tying the longest homestand in franchise history.

It will take all of Casey's motivational skills to get his players...
James, Heat hold back Raptors, 95-89 (The Canadian Press)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:21 PST
MIAMI - LeBron James took a hard foul and clearly was not happy. So the next time he saw the ball, he made sure no Toronto player could reach him.
James wishy-washy about dunk contest ... again (Yahoo! Sports)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:18 PST
As he tends to do annually at this time of year, LeBron James is dropping subtle hints that he might participate in the dunk contest during All-Star Weekend, even though he has yet to do so during his NBA career. "I don't know.
Amir Johnson leads Raptors past Wizards (The Canadian Press)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:06:25 PST
TORONTO - Shame, illness and trouble at home were among the baggage the Toronto Raptors carried onto the court with them.
Barbosa, Johnson lead Raptors past Wizards 106-89 (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:34 PST
Any signs of progress Wizards coach Randy Wittman had seen in recent games were entirely absent Friday night. Leandro Barbosa shook off flulike symptoms to score 19 points, Amir Johnson had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat Washington 106-89, handing the Wizards their third straight defeat.