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Toronto Raptors vs Washington Wizards Apr.10/09

The two players Jay Triano called the ``best forward duo'' in the league lived up to their billing Friday. Caron Butler drained a basket at the final buzzer as part of a 21-point performance and Antawn Jamison poured in 24 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 100-98 victory over the Toronto Raptors in their second-to-last home appearance Friday. ``There's a ton of talent on this team young players athletic players. . . Jamison and Caron Butler these guys can score points they're the best forward duo in the NBA as far as putting points up '' Triano the Raptors' head coach said before tipoff. Chris Bosh had 21 points and 10 rebounds to top the Raptors (30-49) who suffered their fourth consecutive loss. Jason Kapono added 20 points while Jose Calderon finished with 15 points and 11 assists and Anthony Parker had 10 points. Brendan Haywood added 15 points nine rebounds and five blocked shots for the Wizards (19-61) who snapped a seven-game losing skid on the road with their win. ``He make a big difference he was definitely a force on the defensive end with his shot-blocking abilities he altered some shots when guys tried to go in there getting layups I can think of four he went and got '' Bosh said of Haywood. The game between two teams making early exits on their seasons didn't have a lot of relevance except perhaps a chance for the Raptors to salvage some pride playing in front of their Air Canada Centre fans. Toronto coming off Wednesday's 130-101 road rout by the Indiana Pacers led for most of the night but never by more than eight and the Wizards took their first lead of the game midway through the third quarter and led 66-63 going into the fourth. The fourth quarter had its moments including a sizzling behind-the-back pass from Bosh to Shawn Marion the ensuing shot attempt unfortunately swatted away. Toronto was within a point when Jamison and Butler _ who combined for 38 points in the second half _ converted back-to-back three-point plays and put Washington up by six with just under two minutes to play. Toronto battled back with Kapono draining a pair of three-pointers less than 12 seconds apart to tie the game at 96-96 with 29 seconds left. Former Raptor Juan Dixon and Calderon traded baskets then Butler dribbled the ball as the clock ticked down stepping back and tossing up a 20-foot long jump shot at the buzzer to give the Wizards the win. ``I was just trying to make sure that there wasn't going to be any time left on the clock. . . trying to size up the defender and Shawn Marion is a great defender so I was trying to get him to lean one way and give me the opportunity to get my jump shot off and fortunately it was able to happen '' Butler said. ``It's a good shot that's what (Butler) does '' Bosh said. ``We forced the jump shot step-back jumper and he made it. . . he just made a tough shot.'' The Wizards shot 51 per cent on the night to Toronto's 43 per cent shooting and outrebounded the Raptors 44-40. The Raptors will miss the playoffs for the first time since the 2005-06 season. Their hopes of a post-season appearance had officially been erased a week earlier but it was virtually a foregone conclusion in a season that was plagued by problems early on _ Calderon's hamstring injury Bosh's early-winter slump the Jermaine O'Neal acquisition that never lived up to its billing and the firing of head coach Sam Mitchell. The Raptors have four games to go and then will head back to the drawing board to try to improve their fortunes for next season. The Raptors took the lead from the outset going up by seven points midway through the first quarter and taking a 16-point advantage into the second. Toronto kept their lead through the second quarter despite shooting just 35 per cent in the frame and went into the dressing at halftime leading 41-37. Jamison scored Washington's first seven points of the third to spark a Wizards run that gave the visitors their first lead of the game with 6:05 left in the quarter. Washington would take a six-point lead late in the quarter and led 66-63 with one quarter left. Notes: The Raptors make their final appearance at the ACC on Sunday when they host Philadelphia. They play at Washington on Monday then end the season Wednesday at Chicago. . . Toronto honoured former Raptor Alvin Williams with a video tribute. Williams who was seated courtside got a standing ovation. . . Toronto beat Washington 99-93 earlier this season.

Category: Sports

Updated: 04/11/2009 - 07:28:49

Tags: Toronto, Raptors, vs, Washington, Wizards, Apr.10/09

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markmata44 Games between these 2 teams are always epic. 02/23/2010 - 19:46:39
GoldoBeard "Lets go muthafucka" I LOLD when Haywood said that 12/27/2009 - 18:48:27
ashah67 lol it was funny how Bosh got a game winner against then the next time they faced 8) 12/04/2009 - 19:48:22
Xdssbeatz Washington is better antwan jamison and butler are franchise players 09/29/2009 - 18:47:56
songMatic lol fucking butler..... 07/12/2009 - 05:06:20
wolofman14 porfavor no lea esto el 13 de octubre de 1991 un niño llamado nick se tiro de un puente devido a problemas familiares si ya leiste esto deves copiar y pegar en otros 5 videos mas o si no nick vendra por toda tu familia haslo o moriran por favor hazme caso yo lo lei y lo hize 05/21/2009 - 18:09:07
joshtwilliams marion* 04/15/2009 - 12:57:00
joshtwilliams probably had something to do with parker guarding him 04/15/2009 - 12:53:33
pgawhite There ain't no such thing as halfway crook, Marion's scared to death he's scared to look HE GOT SHOOK. 04/14/2009 - 16:15:39
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A34Z the butler did it 04/13/2009 - 06:36:24
McGradyintheHouse Can't even beat Washington. And we were expecting playoffs at the beginning of the season? WHAT??? 04/12/2009 - 18:20:37
mchuzimix2 It Brought a smile to my face when the crowd actually got into it 04/12/2009 - 17:31:50
jamesporter25 jose you bitch didnt even try to block him 04/12/2009 - 00:16:06
AkayProductions OMFG! FUCKIN BUTLER!!!!!!!!!!!!1 04/11/2009 - 20:41:57
DJCfish Caron Butler at the end lol Raptors faught so hard and Caron Butler gets a Jumper Buzzer Beater at the end. Good game though 04/11/2009 - 20:19:24
ccrowe14 YEHHHH!! CARON BUTLER IS TAH BEST! 04/11/2009 - 16:46:39
raptorsfan1000 caron butler!~! 04/11/2009 - 16:17:48
San4An ey bosh is playing really well, i just never stopped loving him man! 04/11/2009 - 12:09:53
srslayerz thanks for posting.. wow look at 5:23 .. amazing crowd 04/11/2009 - 08:32:41
 
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