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  • “Bosh, in another offensive tour de force, blitzed the Magic for 40 points, leading Toronto to a 127-110 victory before a sellout crowd at the Air Canada Centre, getting the Raptors six games over .500 on the season and pulling them closer to Orlando in the fight for third place in the Eastern Conference.” (Toronto Star)
  • “In the game within the game, it was all Bosh against Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic as the Raptors big man led his team to a 127-110 win at the Air Canada Centre.” (Toronto Sun)
  • “It was just Bosh’s third three-pointer of the season, but the basket was the ocean and the Raptors’ all-star was skipping stones last night during the Raptors 127-110 win over the visiting Orlando Magic in front of the 21st sellout of the season at the Air Canada Centre.” (Globe and Mail)
  • “The expendable guys, meanwhile, just don’t tantalize. Rasho Nesterovic, a big playoff-tested body at $8 million a year for this season and next, is probably a little too expensive to draw real suitors. Juan Dixon, though Dixon would surely be amenable to a move and the club will try to grant that wish, is attached to an expiring deal that likely isn’t worth enough ($2.9 million) to bring back a team-changing contributor.” (Toronto Star)
  • “Juan Dixon was walking through the Toronto Raptors’ dressing room before the game as curious as everyone else about his near future. “Hear anything?” the little-used shooting guard wondered… The Raptors have made inquiries to Golden State about the availability of small forward Mickael Pietrus, but those talks weren’t generating much heat yesterday.” (The Globe and Mail)
  • “Bryan Colangelo was rebuffed in one attempt to land a veteran frontcourt player for the stretch run of the NBA season. Multiple league sources said last night the Raptor president and general manager tried to pry 32-year-old Joe Smith from the Chicago Bulls before today’s 3 p.m. trade deadline.” (Toronto Star)
  • ” The Kurt Thomas of old, but not an old Kurt Thomas, would be a nice complementary piece to the incomplete puzzle that is the Raptors. With the veteran setting up shop in San Antonio following yesterday’s trade from Seattle, the reigning champions acquired additional depth. ” (Toronto Sun)
  • “There were a couple plays tonight which served as microcosms of this game, they both went something like this: Calderon brings the ball upcourt, Bosh sets a screen for him (at this point Jameer Nelson is lost), Bosh is rolling towards the rim while Calderon is also attacking the rim at the same time, the help comes inevitably. Instead of Calderon forcing a shot, he swings it to the weakside where the ball is swung around back to the strong side for a short jumper. If there’s a thing called “textbook Raptors basketball”, it was on display tonight.” (Arsenalist)
  • “Recharged from the all-star break and playing their first game in a week, the Raptors led for most of the night and were up by as much as 21 points before taking a 102-82 lead into the fourth quarter in front of a sellout crowd of 19,800 at the Air Canada Centre.” (Jamario Moonshine)
  • “The Raptors come out of the all-star break, and take it right to the Magic. They shot the shit out of the ball, forcing Orlando to keep pace offensively. There was no defense to be found by either team this game. Makes me nervous with a month or so left in the season, that the Raptors defense sucks is suspect at best. I don’t even know where to start right now. I have never yelled so many times in disgust in a Raptors blowout win.” (Raptors Talk)

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