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Vince Carter scored 24 points, Dwight Howard had 17 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic won their fifth straight game, 104-96 over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

Chris Bosh had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Andrea Bargnani had 24 points and 10 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 120-113 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

A defensive stop here and a made shot there, and suddenly the Raptors could be 7-3. Teams aren't awarded wins on what could have been, but the Raptors are moving in the right direction, even at a time when the short-term prospects for success aren't good.

Phoenix Suns Steve Nash drives on Toronto Raptors Jose Calderon of Spain in the third quarter of their NBA basketball game in Phoenix, Arizona, November 15 2009.

DENVER - 'Melo overcame his migraine and the Toronto Raptors. Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points in 30 minutes despite suffering from a severe headache and reserve J.R. Smith had 29, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Raptors 130-112 on Tuesday night.

The Utah Jazz return home Wednesday hoping to get back on the winning track against the Toronto Raptors at EnergySolutions Arena.

This is where dinosaurs go to die. More specifically, this is where Raptors go to die.

Mensah-Bonsu rejoins Raptors, Turkoglu out Eds: APNewsNow. DENVER Toronto has claimed forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu off waivers from Houston and he is expected to be in uniform for the Raptors' game at Denver.

Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points in a 132-98 Denver rout on Dec. 2 that triggered a coaching change with the Raptors.

Playing the high scoring 8-2 Phoenix Suns in their own building, where the Suns are undefeated on the season looked like a near impossible task for the reconstructed 5-4 Toronto Raptors.

Amare Stoudemire followed one of the worst games of his career with his best game of the season, scoring 30 points to lead Phoenix to a 101-100 victory over Toronto on Sunday night, the Suns' 11th straight win over the Raptors.

He ain't straight out of Locash, but he is the 6-10 forward out of Georgia Tech whom Raptors fans have been enamoured with since he was drafted in the first round, fourth overall, in 2003.

There will probably be some mixing and matching with Bosh, Bargnani vs. Camby, Kaman but it could be interesting.

In the immortal words of The Tragically Hip, "It can't be Nashville every night." Confusing right? I mean, I'm writing about the Toronto Raptors, there's no team in Nashville, and The Tragically Hip once wrote a song about a polar bear named Gus.

The Toronto Raptors have agreed to a four-team trade, turning free-agent-to-be Shawn Marion and little-used forward Kris Humphries into two backup wing players.

The season hasn't started on a positive note for the Hornets . One unconvincing home win against a revamped Kings team and three away losses against the Spurs , on opening night, against the Celtics and the last one, facing the Knicks determined coach Scott to lash out at his players during practice prior to the game versus the Mavericks.

SAN ANTONIO a ' An old problem resurfaced here Monday night, a throwback to a darker era of Raptors basketball where rebounds were to be lost on almost every occasion.

Last night, the Pistons got pist-on by the Raptors. Which gives the Raptors their second win and means they are now 48 wins away from my prediction.

Guard Chris Paul #3 of the New Orleans Hornets drives to the basket in the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets during Game Three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2009 NBA Playoffs at New Orleans Arena on April 25, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Toronto Raptors have signed guard Jarrett Jack to an offer sheet. Photograph by: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson, National Post Last Wednesday evening, Toronto Raptors Bryan Colangelo deftly negotiated a complicated sign-and-trade deal that allowed the Raptors to acquire Hedo Turkoglu while maintaining the flexibility to use several exceptions to the ...