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With 20 seconds remaining in the fourth, the Miami Heat watched Raptors forward Antoine Wright, a career .295 shooter from three-point land, launch a crucial three ball with Toronto up by four.
Considering the offensive weapons at the Raps’ disposal, that would be a best case scenario for the defence.
In one fluid motion, Wright released the jumper and buried the shot to cement an exciting 111-103 win over the visiting Miami Heat on Wednesday night.
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You can’t stop the Rock.
A week after Toronto’s dramatic overtime win in their home opener, which featured a royal rumble-style line brawl, the Rock showed they like to use their hands for offence as well.
Led by rookie sensation Garret Billings’ five goals and Bob “Whipper” Watson’s 45 saves, the Rock streamrolled the Rochester Knighthawks 17 to 3 before 10,104 at the Air Canada Centre Saturday night.
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Give them an ‘A’ for effort, but, unfortunately, two more in the loss column.
For two consecutive nights, the Raptors hung tough until the very end only to fold in the final minutes and spoil a chance to climb the standings.
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After hitting only three of their first 16 shots, it looked liked the Raptors would treat the Air Canada Centre crowd to a game as stimulating as waiting for a delayed flight to arrive.
However, what followed couldn’t have been more the opposite.
With a complete team effort the rest of the way, the Raps dismantled and dominated the Dallas Mavericks in a convincing 110-88 victory.
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Almost déjà vu all over again.
Four days after blowing a 23-point lead to the Indiana Pacers, the Raptors let a 28-point lead shrink to eight before finally icing the New York Knicks late in the fourth quarter, winning 112-104.
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Hedo Turkoglu calmly dribbled along the baseline, gliding past the Indiana Pacers’ porous defence for an uncontested reverse lay-up.
That basket gave the Raptors a 59-36 lead with four minutes left in the second quarter but it all came crashing down, in a demoralizing 105-101 loss on Monday night.
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Chris Bosh showed the critics why he doesn’t know the meaning of the word ’slump.’
After an average 18-point performance versus the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, Bosh led the Raptors back from a 13-point deficit to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-106. (More …)
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The Toronto Raptors took the lead early in the first quarter and then hung on to beat the Orlando Magic 108-103.
Despite leading by as many as 16 points in the fourth quarter, the Raptors almost saw that lead disappear thanks to a one-sided reffing effort involving nine straight foul calls against Toronto. However, the lead was too great for Orlando to overcome as the Raptors went to .500 (17-17) for first time since starting the season 5-5.
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Another International Bowl, another running back rushing over 200 yards.
This year’s edition featured the South Florida Bulls’ Mike Ford doing the improbable by rushing for 207 yards and a touchdown, leading his team to 27-3 victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies at the Rogers Centre on Saturday.
Ford became the third consecutive player in the International Bowl’s short four-year existence to break the 200-yard barrier. In 2008, Rutgers’ junior All-American Ray Rice literally ran over Ball State for 280 yards and four touchdowns. In 2009, it was Connecticut’s star running back Donald Brown running wild for 261 yards and a major.
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After leaving everything on the floor in their heartbreaking loss to the second-ranked Windsor Lancers on Friday, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s basketball team clearly had nothing left for their Saturday night tilt against the Western Mustangs.
The Blues played like a defeated team well before the final buzzer and it showed on the scoreboard with the Mustangs showing no mercy in blowing away the Blues at the Athletic Centre, 84-67.
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On Wednesday, Nov. 25 the 28th edition of the Metro Bowl took place at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The Bowl, which determines the Ontario high school champion, featured Toronto’s Birchmount Park Panthers and the Markham District High School Marauders.
In the end, the Marauders’ easily took the game and their first ever Metro Bowl by shutting out the Panthers 19-0.
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For the Markham Marauders, the fourth time’s clearly the charm.
Playing flawless football on both sides of the ball, the Marauders claimed their first Metro Bowl after three unsuccessful tries, by blanking the Birchmount Park Panthers 19-0 at the Rogers Centre Wednesday night.
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The Varsity Blues men’s volleyball team capped a perfect weekend by sweeping away a helpless York Lions team Saturday night at the U of T Athletic Centre, raising their winning streak to three.
Looking confident and as comfortable as ever, the Blues clearly played off momentum built up during their thrilling comeback against the Ryerson Rams Friday night where they came back from two sets down to win in five.
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On Saturday the Trinity Western Spartans defended their Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s soccer crown after knocking out the Queen’s Golden Gaels on penalties in a semifinal match at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Stadium.
There wasn’t a lot that separated the two sides scoring-wise. Both teams managed a second-half goal and were forced to decide the game by a couple of penalty kicks.
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Photos from the women’s 2009 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Soccer Championship, Nov. 12-15, at Varsity Stadium in downtown Toronto.
The tournament featured the country’s top eight university soccer squads: University of Toronto Varsity Blues (host), Montreal Carabins, York Lions, UBC Thunderbirds, Queen’s Golden Gaels, St. FX X-Women, Trinity Western Spartans and the UPEI Panthers.
