Raptors return home after tough road trip, hang on to down Heat 120-113 (The Canadian Press)
TORONTO - Jarrett Jack stepped up his game just in time to save the Toronto Raptors.

TORONTO - Jarrett Jack stepped up his game just in time to save the Toronto Raptors.
The Toronto Raptors snapped their three-game skid Friday night, while the Miami Heat kept on stumbling. Chris Bosh had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Andrea Bargnani had 24 points and 10 boards and the Raptors beat the Heat 120-113. It was the second straight game that Bosh and Bargnani each had a double-double, after doing it in Wednesday's 104-91 loss at Utah.
NBA players' association director Billy Hunter plans another negotiating session soon with commissioner David Stern, and here's something that might come up. The union says total player compensation will fall this season, which would be only the second drop in the salary cap era that began in the 1984-85 season.
SALT LAKE CITY - Rookie Eric Maynor scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and helped the Utah Jazz hang on for a 104-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.
Rookie Eric Maynor scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and helped the Utah Jazz hang on for a 104-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. The Jazz let an 18-point lead slip to one early in the fourth before pulling away for their ninth straight win over the Raptors. Carlos Boozer had 22 points and 18 rebounds and Deron Williams added 20 points and nine assists for the...
DENVER - Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and reserve J.R. Smith had 29, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Toronto Raptors 130-112 on Tuesday night.
Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and reserve J.R. Smith had 29, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Toronto Raptors 130-112 on Tuesday night. Anthony is the only player in the NBA to score at least 20 points in all of his team's games so far. He's topped 30 points seven times and 40 points twice.
TORONTO - Pops Mensah-Bonsu is returning to the Raptors.
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. Forward Hedo Turkoglu has been ruled out for Tuesday night's game against the Nuggets with a sore left hip and will be replaced in the starting lineup by Antoine Wright, who's dealing with a sore left ankle.
Before July 1, there will be lots of rumors floating around about where every one of the seemingly seven billion...
The Toronto Raptors were one near miss away from beating the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns on their own court.
PHOENIX - Happy birthday, Amare Stoudemire.
Happy birthday, Amare Stoudemire. Stoudemire celebrated his 27th birthday one day early, scoring 30 points and grabbing eight rebounds, leading the Phoenix Suns to a 101-100 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. He followed one of the worst games of his career with his best game of the season, his first 30-point performance since Feb.
LOS ANGELES - 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. The Toronto Raptors didn't encounter that problem at all.
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. The Toronto Raptors didn't encounter that problem at all. After erasing a 22-point second-quarter deficit to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Raptors made four 3-point shots during a game-ending 16-0 run and ran away with a 104-89 victory on...
The post-Byron Scott era got off to a miserable start for the New Orleans Hornets.
The Toronto Raptors have released guard Quincy Douby. Douby had been on the inactive list since Oct. 28 and did not appear in any regular-season games. The Raptors announced the move Thursday. Douby joined the Raptors in March and appeared in seven games last season. He averaged 4.4 points, 1.0 assists and 10.4 minutes a game.
Milwaukee 108, Denver 102 I don't know if I like Brandon Jennings' shots. He takes some bad ones.
The Chicago Bulls didn't need to watch a replay to see how they lost this one. A six-minute scoreless drought in the fourth quarter put them in a hole no buzzer-beater could undo.
The Chicago Bulls didn't need to watch a replay to see how they lost this one. A 6-minute scoreless drought in the fourth quarter put them in a hole no buzzer-beater could undo. Chris Bosh had 28 points and 11 rebounds, and Jose Calderon added 18 points to help the Toronto Raptors rally past the Bulls, 99-89 on Wednesday night.
TORONTO - Whether it was Toronto's smothering defence or some awful shooting by Chicago, the Raptors earned a come-from-behind victory over the Bulls on Wednesday - and didn't need a pile of points to do it.
With Tim Duncan and Tony Parker out, the San Antonio Spurs needed scoring. They did better against Toronto than just keep up. Manu Ginobili scored 36 points without Parker and Duncan in the lineup, and the Spurs beat the Raptors 131-124 on Monday night in a shootout despite San Antonio's two leading scorers sitting out with sore ankles.
SAN ANTONIO - Manu Ginobili scored 36 points without Tim Duncan and Tony Parker in the lineup and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Toronto Raptors 131-124 on Monday night.
The Dallas Mavericks had a perfect night, welcoming back swingman Josh Howard in a blowout win. Dirk Nowitzki had 29 points and nine rebounds, and Howard scored 16 points in his season debut in the Mavericks' 129-101 victory over Toronto on Saturday night. Howard was in the starting lineup after missing all of the preseason and the first five games while recovering from surgery on his left...
DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki had 29 points and nine rebounds, and Josh Howard scored 16 in his season debut in the Dallas Mavericks' 129-101 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.