By Andy Charles

Raptors coach Jay Triano finally lost his patience with his players after the defeat by Portland on Sunday that dropped the team below .500 for the first time in a couple of months and left them on the verge of dropping out of the NBA playoffs.

That fifth defeat on the bounce saw an opponent once again (I am now officially bored of saying it) top 100 points, although the Raptors did at least shoot well and showed signs that a victory might be on the way (this was written, because of deadlines, before Wednesday’s clash with Atlanta).

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By: Jay Bruce

Soon it will be time to fill those NCAA March Madness brackets out again.

Those who are looking for this year’s crop of small schools looking to pounce on the big dogs came to the right place. Back in 2006, nine small conference teams won their first round game and at least have won in each season since.

Before you go picking every small team in your bracket, take a look at these eight teams and decide for yourself whether they will be worth check marks and not X’s on your bracket?

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By Andy Charles

Talk about bad timing on the Raptors behalf – the worst possible moment to go on a four-game losing run (after Monday’s horror show in Houston) just as your main rival starts to show the signs of doing something similar.

Still without Chris Bosh, the Raptors were at their defensive worst against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday when they went down one of their heaviest defeats of the season, 119-99 against a team that looks like a serious playoff contender in the Western Conference.

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By Andy Charles

Dwight Howard earned himself another place in the Orlando Magic record books on Wednesday night when he scored 30 points and 16 rebounds against the Houston Rockets for his 19th successive double-double.

Howard enjoyed a perfect night’s shooting from the floor, hitting all of his 11 attempts, and the rest of the Magic line-up responded well too as Orlando secured a massive road victory to retain their two-game lead over the pesky Atlanta Hawks in the Southeast Division.

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By Andy Charles

Okay, so I was going to write all about the surprise moves that the Raptors made on trade deadline day, but that article would end…about here, so let’s have a look instead at what the other teams in the Atlantic managed to achieve.

Of the main interest to Toronto was what the Celtics would do, but in the end their only move proved to be pretty uninspiring as well as they shipped out Eddie House to the Knicks for Nate Robinson.

Robinson is serviceable enough (I guess) and Boston went on to beat the Lakers later in the day as well, but whether the move actually improves them I am not so sure.

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