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The Toronto Raptors were hot from 3-point range in the second half against the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night. All they wanted to talk about, though, was their blue-collar defense. After giving up 115 points to Memphis and 125 to Orlando in recent losses, the Raptors held the Hornets to 14 points in the third quarter in a 107-90 victory. Chris Bosh scored 27 points for the Raptors, who used a 27-4 run in the third quarter to take control and improve to 3-0 when holding opponents under 100 points.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score
Fri 11/6	NO	Tor 107-90
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Sun 12/20	Tor	1:00 pm

Game Stats

Raptors (3-2) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts C Bosh, F 30 7 2 3 27 H Turkoglu, F 29 4 4 2 16 J Calderon, G 33 4 8 2 16 A Bargnani, C 34 9 0 4 14 D DeRozan, G 18 2 2 1 4 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts J Jack 25 0 3 1 9 M Belinelli 16 3 3 1 9 A Wright 23 2 0 2 7 A Johnson 21 6 1 4 5 R Nesterovic 6 1 0 3 0 P O'Bryant 2 1 0 2 0 S Weems 2 0 0 0 0 M Banks 0 0 0 0 0 Q Douby 0 0 0 0 0 R Evans 0 0 0 0 0

Hornets (2-4) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts C Paul, G 36 7 18 2 21 D West, F 34 4 1 4 14 J Wright, F 24 1 1 0 6 E Okafor, C 30 8 0 3 6 M Peterson, G 13 1 0 0 5 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts B Brown 27 0 1 1 16 H Armstrong 18 6 1 3 7 P Stojakovic 25 4 1 2 6 D Songaila 14 2 0 4 4 D Collison 2 0 0 0 2 M Thornton 2 1 0 0 2 J Posey 16 0 1 2 1 D Brown 0 0 0 0 0 I Diogu 0 0 0 0 0 S Marks 0 0 0 0 0

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Injury Report

Raptors Date Player Injury 11/22 M Belinelli, SG Left groin 11/22 A Wright, GF Ankle injury 10/20 R Evans, PF Sprained left foot

Hornets Date Player Injury 11/23 H Armstrong, FC Injured right shoulder 11/13 C Paul, PG Sprained left ankle

Player News

Raptors Amir Johnson (TOR) News: Johnson hurt his knee during Sunday's loss to the Magic, but played with the pain, the Toronto Star reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Antoine Wright (TOR) News: Wright (ankle) fully participated in the Raptors' workout on Monday, the Toronto Star reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Marco Belinelli (TOR) News: Belinelli (groin) fully participated in Toronto's practice on Monday and could possibly make his return to game action on Tuesday, the Toronto Star reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009)

Hornets Hilton Armstrong (NO) News: Armstrong re-aggravated a shoulder problem in Sunday's loss to the Heat.  (STATS - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Ike Diogu (NO) News: Diogu (knee) will sit out another two weeks to rest his injury, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) James Posey (NO) News: Posey had 14 points (5-11 FG, 4-8 3Pt), six rebounds and three assists in Sunday's loss to Miami.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009)