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^Yeah, but he gave Reggie a bloody mouth- so can't complain too much.
Don't like that picture- because Zo blocked that shot.
I forgot to tell you about Rasho's bloody nose in the first quarter-- with the blood on his arm and the cotton shoved up his nose.
That is like twice in the last month he has gotten a bloody nose- major ouch.
^Yeah, but he gave Reggie a bloody mouth- so can't complain too much.
Anthony Parker Receives Atlantic Divsion Sportsmanship Award
The NBA announced Wednesday that Toronto’s Anthony Parker has been selected by a five-member panel of former players as the divisional winner of the 2006-07 NBA Sportsmanship Award. Joining Parker as the other divisional winners are Atlanta’s Joe Johnson, Chicago’s Luol Deng, Houston’s Shane Battier, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Elton Brand, and Utah’s Derek Fisher.
The NBA Sportsmanship Award, designed to honour a player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court, is voted on by NBA players. The winner will be announced after the regular season.
The 2006-07 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner will be presented with the Joe Dumars Trophy, named after the Hall of Famer and former Detroit Pistons great who played 14 seasons in the NBA and was the recipient of the inaugural NBA Sportsmanship Award in 1996. The six-time All-Star was selected in honour of his distinguished and dignified career and for symbolizing the tradition the NBA wants to recognize with this award.
Former NBA players Mike Bantom, Eddie Johnson, Tom "Satch" Sanders, Kenny Smith and the 2000-2001 Sportsmanship Award recipient Steve Smith, selected the six divisional winners from a pool of 30 team nominees. Each team nominated one of its own players for this award.
The annual award reflects the ideals of sportsmanship -- ethical behavior, fair play and integrity -- in amateur and professional basketball, a key focus of the league’s Jr. NBA and Jr. WNBA grassroots youth basketball program.
Parker, 6-foot-6, 210 pounds, joined the Raptors this summer after six impressive seasons overseas, including five with Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was named Euroleague MVP and first-team All-Euroleague in 2005 and 2006. He was also named 2004 Euroleague Final Four MVP.
Parker is averaging 11.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 66 games, all starts, with the Raptors this season.
Following is a list of the all-time winners of the NBA Sportsmanship award:
ALL-TIME NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS
Inaugural: Joe Dumars (1996)
1996-1997: Terrell Brandon, Cleveland
1997-1998: Avery Johnson, San Antonio
1998-1999: Hersey Hawkins, Seattle
1999-2000: Eric Snow, Philadelphia
2000-2001: David Robinson, San Antonio
2001-2002: Steve Smith, San Antonio
2002-2003: Ray Allen, Seattle
2003-2004: P.J. Brown, New Orleans
2004-2005: Grant Hill, Orlando
2005-2006: Elton Brand, Los Angeles
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No surprise--
Raptors resign Jackson to 10-day contract
The Toronto Raptors announced Wednesday they have signed forward Luke Jackson to a second 10-day contract.
Jackson signed his first 10-day with the Raptors on March 25. In his second game of action in a Toronto uniform Tuesday night in Miami, he had 10 points, two rebounds and two assists coming off the bench.
Jackson, 25, was a first-round selection (10th overall) by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2004 NBA Draft. He played two seasons with Cleveland, averaging 2.7 points and 1.0 rebounds in 46 appearances. He was dealt to Boston on Oct. 13, but was released prior to the start of this season and was playing with Idaho in the NBDL before the Raptors picked him up.
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^Yeah, but he gave Reggie a bloody mouth- so can't complain too much.
Who did whack Sho, by the way?
I need to know who is on my list.
Let's go Raptors!
Hedo needs to stop showing off.
Yea the Raps won!
Holy Cow- who does Hedo think he is?
Hedo: 37 points ( 12 of 22 from the field; 6-10 from three point range; 7 of 7 from the free throw line) 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals
best game of the night so far, kudos to the raptors
What is this... Sho with a technical???
What happened? What was it like a three second violation?
for arguing a foul
Really?
It must have been a terrible call.
Yeap. They overcame fatigue and insane first quarter shooting by Magic (and letdown from losing that close game to Heat).
Dwight Howard is athletic but he needs to learn to "affect the game" more like Duncan (and Bosh) do. He has to learn to pass out of good double teams, set good picks, etc. And show some emotion kid!!!
I really like the Raptors, even if I'm a Knicks fan
All of their guys are really likeable, it's just a shame that Garbajosa is out.
The officiating in this game was not very good-- on both ends. Shortly after Rasho's T-- he was mad for 3 quarters leading up to that-- Darko got back-to-back T's for arguing a call and had to be restrained by Hedo. That second came awfully quickly.
Ugly game by Toronto but still a win. They played like it was a tough back-to-back and came out flat. Fought back, though, played hard defensively in the third quarter and had a 9 point lead in the fourth. Some really dumb decisions and turnovers let Orlando back in. Good foul shooting from Chris and AP and a miss finally by Hedo at the end to get the win.
Rasho in foul trouble tonight-- sat for quite some time but came in with about 5 minutes to go and Howard never scored again.
Career night for Hedo-- you can tell he plays like a guy wanting to go back to the play-offs.
Also an amazing night for Joey Graham who had 3 3-pointers tonight when he had only 7 all season leading up to tonight!!!
Game got a little chippy there- with Bosh yelling at TJ-- AP yelling at Hump-- and at the end I laughed when Bosh yelled at Joey before his own FT-- don't foul!!
I am really impressed that they have gone 4-1 without Andrea and Garbo- including wins over Miami, Washington, and Orlando.
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Thanks for the awesome recap Ploto... almost feel like I was there.
Lefty, you're wicked!
Any of you in Toronto going to the " Red Party" the Raps are hosting on Wednesday the 11th?
If so, will you please, please bring back a report and pictures?
I wish I was going.
Bosh is the bigman of the future in East. I don't care if Oden and D.Howard get 5 dunks a game.
Go raptors!!!!
Thanks ! but my Photoshop skills suckThanks for the awesome recap Ploto... almost feel like I was there.
Lefty, you're wicked!
Practice makes perfect... just stick to Mavs pics though.
Game Quotes from last game:
http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/quotes_040407.html
SAM MITC
On the win...
“I’m proud of our guys. Coming off of back-to-backs against these two teams isn’t easy. We got off to a sluggish start but when we got the lead down to something manageable going in to halftime we felt like we gave ourselves a chance to win the basketball game. We had to get a key rebound and start making some shots and just keep the pressure on. (Hedo) Turkoglu had an unbelievable game. He just kept answering whatever we threw at him. I just thought our guys battled. Chris (Bosh) was unbelievable in the back-to-back. Joey (Graham) in that third quarter gave us a big lift offensively. Guys that came off the bench and played came off and played hard and played together.”
On not being able to put the game away:
“We’ve got some young guys that made some mistakes. My message to them has been to just play hard, play together, and I can deal with the mistakes. And the good thing about it is that they made them and their teammates didn’t get down on them. We’re not mad at anyone, we just want our guys to play hard and play together and we can overcome the mistakes if we stay together and we were able to do that.”
On the slow start:
“We’re coming off of back-to-backs. Guys who have been in the NBA a long time know that. They’re playing hard in a game they need to win and we had a tough game last night and with traveling. We kept hanging in there and giving ourselves a chance and got the lead down and were able to take the lead. TJ (Ford) and Jose (Calderon) ran the team excellent and Chris, with the minutes he has to play because of injuries, has just been unbelievable.”
On the game coming down to free throws towards the end:
“We were putting them on the line and they were putting us on the line. We work on free throws and we work on three-point shooting and get shots up there every day. You just have to step up there at that time and make them.”
CHRIS BOSH
It has been physical man. I think the referees are getting ready for the post season. The game that we played last night in Miami was probably one of the most physical games we have played all year. I think that is good for us that we can maintain our own play.”
“First of all, we are getting to the line. That is big for us. The shots aren’t going in sometimes, so to get to the line and make some free throws is big for us. I am glad that we showed a lot of composure.”
On switching to zone defense
“I think they didn’t see it coming. We just wanted to switch it up on them. We just wanted to throw a curve ball at them and see what happens.”
“Yes that was a good call (Grant Hill taking down Bosh late in fourth quarter). I was going for the basketball and he got a piece of my elbow. The referees made the right call.”
“It was energy. We were coming out flat and kind of lackadaisical. We had to pick it up on the defensive end first and keep sharing the ball.”
“I know that we have come a long way. I can count several occasions in my mind that we were down 15 on the road and we did not capitalize on our situation. I am just proud how far the team has come along.”
“We are very aware that we are in the race for third place right now. Every game means something. You can’t take a day off. Home court is very important, so we are going to keep playing.”
JOEY GRAHAM
On today’s win happening to be for bigger stakes…
Yes, it feels good to clinch a playoff spot. For us now we are trying to clinch our division, get home court. Everything builds on itself. You look at where we were at the beginning of the year, what people were saying, now these people are riding with us. It’s been great and we’re just going to build on this.
The last few games the rebounding intensity has picked up…
For us with Garbo (Jorge Garbajosa) being out, and Andrea (Bargnani) being out we lose a lot of height and with that comes some rebounding. Guys got to come in and play hard and get rebounds, like Joey (Graham) did the other night. It just comes down to trying to impose our
HEDO TORKOGLU ( Dummies spelled his name wrong. Should be Turkoglu)
“I was feeling good the whole game. I don’t know what happened, it came out. But we should have taken care of business before that and not win it on last second shots. We had a lot of turnovers, a lot of offensive rebounds we gave up. That’s the reason we lost the game.”
“I never doubted myself, my shots, my confidence the whole year. I’ve had some ups and downs all year but never doubted. Keep attacking; put it to it, I know it’s going to come. Like tonight, it came to me. It’ll help me out, to help get some wins that last six, seven games. I’ve got to help the team when I get a double, like tonight.”
On career high...
“No, you can’t enjoy it. I mean, you always enjoy it when you score and get a career high but it would have tasted better with a ‘W’. That’s the key, to get ‘w’s.”
But what is " It", Hedo?
I know about the last picture Ploto, but Sho is in it.
And it is a rare picture since Howard can barely score when Sho is in the game.
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