Jermaine O'Neal News

Since my last post about the mini slump, the C's have won four straight, have gone 5-1 over the past six, and now are at 13-4 on the year.

But this isn't one of those NBA stories: Guy gets big money, buys house on Easy Street, never leaves home.

Ray Allen scored 20 points, Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins had 18 apiece, and the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 116-103 on Friday night.

Gerald Wallace poured in a season-high 31 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, as the Charlotte Bobcats used a strong second half to defeat the Toronto Raptors, 116-81, at Time Warner Cable Arena.

The Toronto Raptors snapped their three-game skid Friday night, while the Miami Heat kept on stumbling.

Asked yesterday if Wade, who was in the Air Canada Centre for last night's game against the Toronto Raptors , had told him it was 28 degrees in Miami yesterday, responded: "No" The girls in bikinis? Nope.

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.

Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and reserve J.R. Smith had 29, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Toronto Raptors 130-112 last night.

The wait was excruciating. No, not the time the ball was in the air before Dwyane Wade 's game-winning 3-pointer cleared the rim with one-tenth of a second remaining in Saturday's 81-80 victory over the New Jersey Nets .

Josh Smith had 22 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 blocked shots in Atlanta's win over Denver on Saturday night.

Last season as the Raptors were sliding out of playoff contention, our enthusiastic Raptors TV announcer Matt Devlin turned the phrase "The Killer Bs." The phrase was referencing the emergence of Andrea Bargnani as a legitimate 20-point per game player alongside of the other "B" scoring 20 ppg, CB4.

The black ink on Jermaine O'Neal 's right arm, just below the shoulder, displays a menacing superhero type of character, crouched and springing forward.

Even minus the services of two key players - Tayshaun Prince and Rip Hamilton - the shorthanded Pistons put up a gutsy fight before succumbing to the home-standing Raptors.

Up in Milwaukee the other night, it seemed the small group of reporters gathered for coach Scott Skiles' postgame press conference was pretty much ready to put rookie point guard Brandon Jennings into the Hall of Fame.

Heat center Jermaine O'Neal on Wednesday night rekindled memories of his days as an All-Star six times while with the Indiana Pacers.

Erik Spoelstra's argument was mostly halfhearted as he challenged the second-quarter technical foul Jermaine O'Neal was assessed Friday night for following a dunk with a chin-up on the rim.

Jermaine O'Neal had 22 points and 12 rebounds against his former team, and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 96-83 on Friday night.

TORONTO 101, CLEVELAND 91: Andrea Bargnani, right, scored 28 points, Chris Bosh had 21 points and 16 rebounds, and the Raptors overcame LeBron James' 25th career triple-double to beat the visiting Cavaliers on Wednesday night.

In case you haven't noticed, things aren't exactly going swimmingly for Toronto sports teams lately.

Joey Graham posted 24 points and Jermaine O'Neal added 22 points and eight rebounds, as the Toronto Raptors snapped a six-game losing streak with a 110-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.