Monday, March 8, 2010

Bosh returnes but Thadeus Young to much for the Raptors


Even the return of all-star Chris Bosh couldn't help the Toronto Raptors on Sunday afternoon.

Thaddeus Young scored a career-high 32 points, Jrue Holiday had 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Raptors 114-101 to snap a five-game losing streak.
Bosh returned from a seven-game absence to finish with 12 points and 12 rebounds, but the Raptors still lost for the fifth time in six games.

The Raptors find themselves struggling to hold on to a playoff spot as they depart for a four-game West Coast trip. Andre Iguodala had 16 points and matched a season-high with 10 assists, Elton Brand had 12 points and nine rebounds and Louis Williams scored 12 for Philadelphia.The 76ers went 9-for-12 from three-point range, including three by Young.Jarrett Jack was the lone Raptor star and had 20 points and nine assists for Toronto. Iguodala gave a meaningful look at the Raptors bench after his fadeaway jumper in the fourth quarter put the 76ers up nine points, 96-87.

Philadelphia's Marreese Speights had to be helped to the locker room after spraining his right knee in the second quarter. Speights was driving to the basket when he stepped on Bosh's foot, then fell over and lay on the court clutching his knee. X-rays were negative but Speights did not return.
The 76ers closed the second quarter with a 7-0 run to take a 55-47 lead into halftime, after that they never looked back

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