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The probability that John Wall will miss his first NBA game Tuesday against Toronto seemed more likely on Monday as he moved around the halls of Verizon Center on crutches.

"They're a very unorthodox team," Bryant said. "You've got rebounders coming in from all over the place. You've got the floor spread, and very athletic guys that are crashing and jumping, so it's just their style of play."

“We’re not doing what the coach wants us to do,’’ Evans said.

"We were too soft and allowed them to do what they wanted," Bargnani said.

Asked about Bargnani, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said, “He really spreads the floor for them, and how do you guard him?"

Toronto, which has remaining road games against Utah, the Lakers and Portland over the next five days, has lost 45 of its last 53 games on the West Coast.

As odd as this may sound to those who’ve watched him through five seasons in the NBA, Calderon’s defence is far ahead of his offence just two games into the regular season.

Bryan Colangelo is still calling last year’s Raptors “a 50-win team that underachieved”.

"We seemed like the fat cats and they seemed like a team out there really trying to get a win. It looked like we won the other day and they lost. You could tell the team that really wanted to win tonight -- and that was them." - Byron Scott

Andrea Bargnani blamed fatigue for the many missed makeable shots that allowed the Knicks to go on a couple of crucial runs.

When it was over, somebody asked Jose Calderon if his team missed Chris Bosh. The usually gregarious Spanish point stared straight through the questioner and said “Who?” — cold as winter.

“Quick... name one player on the Toronto Raptors,” SPIKE.com writes, lumping them in with such less-than-illustrious company as the Atlanta Thrashers and Jacksonville Jaguars.