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| Wizards host Heat at Verizon Center |
NBA Basketball |
11/18/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A pair of Southeast Division rivals square off tonight, when the Washington Wizards welcome the Miami Heat to the Verizon Center. Miami has alternated wins and losses over its last six games and suffered a 107-96 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday at Air Canada Centre in the opener of a short two-game road swing. Dwyane Wade had a game-high 29 points and added eight assists while rookie Michael Beasley had 13 points and six boards for the Heat, who are just 1-4 on the road this season. W |
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| Magic welcome Raptors to Orlando |
NBA Basketball |
11/18/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Orlando Magic will shoot for their second four-game winning streak of the season tonight, when they host the Toronto Raptors at Amway Arena. Orlando, which won four in a row from November 1 - 8, posted its third straight victory with Sunday's 90-85 decision over the Charlotte Bobcats in the finale of a perfect three-game road trip. Hedo Turkoglu posted a game-high 20 points and Rashard Lewis added 17 points and six rebounds for the Magic, who have won seven of eight overall after an 0-2 |
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| Bosh, Raptors beat the Heat |
NBA Basketball |
11/16/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (Sportsbooks) - Chris Bosh scored a team-high 27 points and had seven rebounds, and Jermaine O'Neal had 11 points and 18 boards as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Miami Heat, 107-96, at Air Canada Centre. Will Solomon chipped in with 15 points and a career-high 11 assists, while Andrea Bargnani had 12 points for the Raptors, who snapped a brief two-game losing skid. Toronto has won five straight over Miami. Dwyane Wade had a game-high 29 points and added eight assists, and rookie Michael Beasl |
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| Raptors host Heat up north |
NBA Basketball |
11/16/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Toronto Raptors have hit a snag and will try to regroup this afternoon versus the Miami Heat at Air Canada Centre. Toronto has dropped two in a row and four of six games to fall to 4-4 on the season. In Wednesday's 106-96 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, Chris Bosh scored 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in defeat. Jermaine O'Neal had 19 points and 11 boards for Toronto, which opened the season with three straight wins before going through a slump. The Raptors are just 1-2 as the h |
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| Pacers shoot for fourth straight win vs. Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| unleavy is out indefinitely and both Granger and Murphy are listed as questionable for Friday. Philadelphia is aiming for back-to-back wins for the first time this season tonight, and ended a three-game slide with Wednesday's 106-96 triumph over the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. New Sixers forward Elton Brand posted a season-high 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Andre Iguodala had 18 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds and Andre Miller netted 18 points in the win. Willie Green contributed 17 and |
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| Brand, Sixers get first road win in Toronto |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (Sportsbooks) - Elton Brand scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers downed Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors 106-96. Andre Iguodala had 18 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds for Philadelphia, which snapped a three-game skid. Andre Miller also scored 18 points, and Willie Green contributed 17 points and nine assists off the bench for the Sixers, who avenged an 11-point loss at home to the Raptors on October 29. Bosh scored 30 points and raked in 1 |
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| Struggling Sixers face Raptors in Toronto |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The struggling Philadelphia 76ers will try to solve their problems on the road tonight, when they open a short two-game trek against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. The 76ers have dropped three straight and fell to 2-5 on the season following Tuesday's 93-80 loss to the Utah Jazz at the Wachovia Center. Andre Miller led the way with 25 points and six assists while Andre Iguodala added 15 and 10 rebounds in a losing effort. Offseason acquisition Elton Brand scored 13 points and blo |
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| Unbeaten Hawks visit Celtics in Boston |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| 97-98 campaign. The Hawks, who are the lone undefeated team in the East, will close out the trek at New Jersey on Friday. Boston has won five in a row to improve to 7-1 on the season and opened a three-game homestand with Monday's 94-87 win over the Toronto Raptors. Paul Pierce posted a game-high 36 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Celtics, who got 21 points and 10 boards from Kevin Garnett. Ray Allen contributed 19 points in the win. The Celtics will also welcome Denver to Beantown on Friday. Boston w |
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| Nuggets hit the road to Charlotte |
NBA Basketball |
11/11/2008 |
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| in the lane, however. Anderson is expected to miss the next two to three weeks. Meanwhile, power forward Kenyon Martin is questionable for the game with a sprained left wrist. The Bobcats continued a six-game homestand Sunday in an 89-79 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Rookie D.J. Augustin scored a team high 14 points for Charlotte, which stunned New Orleans in the opener of the homestand but has lost three of its last four games overall. Raymond Felton and Jason Richardson both scored 12 points, as Charlotte sho |
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| Celtics kickoff homestand versus Raptors |
NBA Basketball |
11/10/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The defending NBA champion Boston Celtics open a three-game homestand Monday when they welcome the talented Toronto Raptors to TD Banknorth Garden. Tony Allen had 23 points off the bench, and Ray Allen added 17 points and eight rebounds, as Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons, 88-76, in the first meeting between the two clubs since last season's Eastern Conference finals on Sunday. Rajon Rondo chipped in with 13 points and Kevin Garnett had eight points and 12 boards for the Celtics, who h |
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