Final: Indiana Pacers 102 - Toronto Raptors 117

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16-31, 4th Central, (Road: 6-18) -- 25-22, 2nd Atlantic, (Home: 16-6)

WHEN: Sun., Jan. 31, 2009 at 6:00 pm ET
WHERE: Air Canada Centre
TV/Radio: SCORE, SCORE HD, FAN590 Radio


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Starters
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(L to R): Jack, Weems, Turkoglu, Bosh, Bargnani

Bench
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(L to R): Belinelli, Calderon, Johnson, Nestrovic, Wright, O'Bryant

Team Injuries/Inactive List
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(L to R): Banks, Evans, DeRozan

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Starters
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(L to R): Watson, D. Jones, Granger, Murphy, Hibbert

Bench
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(L to R): Price, S. Jones, Rush, Diener, Dunleavy, McRoberts, Head

Team Injuries/Inactive List
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(L to R): Ford, Foster, Hansbrough

Who's Hot

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Bargnani: 19 PPG IN LAST 14 GP / Bosh: 26 PPG IN LAST 5 GP

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Granger: 21.2 PPG IN LAST 12 GP / Murphy: 14.3 PPG IN LAST 13 GP

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Danny Granger vs. Hedo Turkoglu

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Troy Murphy vs. Chris Bosh

GAME PREVIEWS

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Prediction

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So the start of a home-and-home with the Pacers. Alright, we gotta make up for our last disaster against the Pacers and rip them a new one today and then back in Indy on Tuesday night. No so-so efforts against these shitty sub-par teams. :mad:

I completely agree Doc. We need to demolish these chumps and erase any doubts that we are a far superior team. We are playing a lot better, and are a different teams since last time. No we are way higher in the power rankings and are rolling, sitting on sole position of 5th. It's time to show the league that the Raps will/can win games when they are supposed to, and can stand in with the Lakers, Cavs, etc.

It should be a given that the Raptors completely destroy the Pacers these next two games, but I'm more interested in seeing Hedo build on his performance in NY. If he can get up his scoring and create at the same time with the number of possessions he does get, he'll be well worth the money we're giving him. I just don't want him to turn into a complete scorer because we already have that in Bosh and Bargnani.

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Good win last night. Fun game to watch, only if the D was better

Great win for us. Would of been interesting to see the outcome had Hedo not been hurt within the first minute of the game. Hopefully he'll be back in Indy Tuesday night.