--With wins over New York and Detroit this week, Toronto has strung together successive victories for the first time since Feb. 25-27.
--The Raptors will be glad to have seen the last of New York's Jamal Crawford. In four games against Toronto this season, Crawford's averaged 30.5 points, the most by any Raptor opponent. QUOTE TO NOTE: "We were looking for defense, rebounding, all those intangible things, getting on the floor, getting loose balls, bringing some grit and toughness to our basketball team. You can't keep asking for that. So after a while of asking, it's (GM) Bryan (Colangelo) and my job to start trying to find that. We've been asking for that but if it's not in someone's DNA, you know what? Let's find someone that it's in their DNA." -- Coach Sam Mitchellm on the decision to bring in F Linton Johnson on a 10-day contract.
