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The Toronto Raptors are approaching full strength. Reserve swingmen Marco Belinelli and Antoine Wright both participated in practice on Monday, making them likely to go Tuesday when the Raptors host the Indiana Pacers.

Three weeks ago, the Orlando Magic rolled into Toronto down three starters and still left town a winner.

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.

The Raps played some good basketball this week, but were burned in a thriller vs the Suns to cap off the week in a bad way.

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.

The ten game mark of the season is good place to stand back and take a look at how the rebuilt Raptors have done so far, and reflect on what could have been and whata s next.

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

RAPTORS SECOND UNIT: SOME THOUGHTS. With the injury to Reggie Evans in the pre-season there has been some speculation about how the depth and second unit of the Raptors would hold up here early in the season.

Monday, November 16, 2009 12:29 PM Raptors delivering some D Michael Grange N ot to get all too Maple Leafs, where any success suggests a parade route is in the works and any loss a moral victory, but the Raptors have to be encouraged by last night's game, even if they continued their winless ways against Nash's Suns.

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.

Usually when a team rallies from a deficit of 20 or more points, it spends so much energy getting back into the game that it has nothing left for the finish.

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 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.

Chris Bosh had 25 points and Andrea Bargnani added 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors held off the Detroit Pistons 110-99 on Wednesday.

Here is a viewpoint that most Raptors fans will hate: Sunday's game against Orlando was a good game for the Toronto Raptors.

While walking in Memphis, the Raptors tripped all over their toes. Only to fall flat on their collective faces.

How often will the Toronto Raptors be listed as the "veteran" team going into a NBA contest this season? Tonight in Memphis will be one of those nights.

So Shaq, who's the Rupaul of the NBA now, huh? Let me ask you something else - how does Chris Bosh's butt taste? Butt enough with the trash talk.

The Toronto Raptors on Thursday exercised the contract option on guard Marco Belinelli for the 2010-11 season.

TORONTO a ' In a season of new beginnings, the Toronto Raptors couldn't have asked for a better start.