Linkage for Feb 21 8am through Feb 22 12am:
- RaptorTalk: Top Twelve Reasons the Toronto Raptors Suck This Season
- A look at aftermath of NBA trade deadline
- Knicks’ new guys could face Raptors — Newsday.com
- Raptors get Knickerbocked the Hell Out
- Tip-In: Toronto Raptors Post Game – No Identity, No Plan, No Chance – RaptorsHQ.com
- T.Jose Caldeford: Bridge to Nowhere
- Dino Nation Blog: A Low Point In Franchise History
- Follow Your Shot
- Sports of The Times – For Anthony Parker, Time Spent in Israel Puts World in Perspective – NYTimes.com
- Wounded pride | Toronto Sun
- O’Bryant joins Raps | Toronto Sun
- Doug Smith – It’s The Dawn Of A New Day
- TheStar.com |Raptors blown out on Broadway
- sports.theglobeandmail.com: Raptors crushed
- FAN590 – Knicks Hammer Toronto
- Mediocre Forever: Knicker-boxers
- Raptors Forum » Game 57: Raptors vs. Knicks – Post-game
- Dave Feschuk Fan590 Interview
- Knicks 127, Raptors 97 – Posting and Toasting
- Knicks Blog – Knicks Survive minus Jerome
- Chisholm: Raptors insist on finding new depths
- Projecting The Playoffs – EAST
- Knicks 127, Raptors 97 – Knicks Top the Raptors for a Feel-Good Victory – NYTimes.com
- Knicks rout Raptors at Garden
2 Raps
Wade’s 25 points, 9 assists lift Heat past 76ers
MIAMI(AP) Jermaine O’Neal and Jamario Moon seem like they’ll enjoy this Miami Heat playoff chase.
Dwyane Wade had 25 points and nine assists, O’Neal and Moon combined to score 10 fourth-quarter points in their second game since arriving from Toronto, and the Heat improved their Eastern Conference postseason positioning by beating the Philadelphia 76ers 97-91 on Saturday.
Miami was down by three with 2:52 remaining, then went on an 8-0 run when the game mattered most.
“Probably the most important game of the season so far,” said Heat forward Udonis Haslem, who finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds, including a key jumper with 1:33 remaining. “We felt like this was a must-win situation for us.”
O’Neal had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Moon scored 12 for Miami. They were in perfect tune with Wade in the final minutes, with Moon getting free to score off a pair of baseline lobs and O’Neal scoring twice in a span of four possessions midway through the fourth quarter to take some pressure off the NBA’s second-leading scorer.
“I felt so much more comfortable tonight than I felt the previous night,” O’Neal said. “I’ve been working hard and we feel like we have a chance to keep building from here.”
Moon airballed his first shot, saying he was too excited. By the end, he and Wade seemed like they were playing together forever, subtle nods of the head from one telling the other where they were heading.
“More to come,” Moon said.
Perhaps Moon shut down while with the Raptors hoping he would be traded and show others what he can do … because the MLSE obviously pissed on him.
Perhaps Moon felt he was under-appreciated by the Raptors after his first stellar season, and he was expecting a contract renegotiation with a reasonable pay increase .. after all he was 27 years old and his NBA career was not to be that long. Instead the ungrateful MLSE intended to hold him to his measly contract even though he was a starter and recognized as highly underpaid for his performances. They demotivated him .. the chinzy bastards ..!!!!
Now Moon is flying high with the Heat and plays 24 minutes and scores 12 points going 5 for 9 while coming off the bench. I think he feels he has an opportunity to excel with the playoff-bound Heat and also get fairly compensated come next season.
What is the MLSE doing wrong with the Ratpors ….???!!!!