The Toronto Raptors begin their throwback campaign in retro purple jerseys tonight as the streaking Washington Wizards visit for the first game of seven in a row at home for the club. Toronto has won back-to-back games and will play the next seven at home. Forward Amir Johnson (ankle) and centre Jonas Valanciunas (facial and hand contusions) will likely be game-time decisions with head coach Dwane Casey saying if the two arent fully ready to return then the team wont risk it. In a 110-107 victory at Boston on Wednesday, Kyle Lowry scored 35 points and made 12 of his 17 shots from the field. DeMar DeRozan had 23 points and Patrick Patterson added 14 in a winning cause. The Raptors trailed 35-23 after the first quarter, but came alive in the final three quarters of play. Im happy with the win, Lowry said. But we gotta start off better than the way we started off. Toronto will also host Philadelphia, Orlando, Chicago, Utah, Memphis and Milwaukee on this franchise-record homestand. Casey needs four wins to tie Lenny Wilkens (113) for second on the teams all-time coaching victories list. Sam Mitchell holds the record with 156 victories. The Raptors went 3-1 against Washington last season and have won six of the past nine meetings between the teams. The Wizards have lost seven of nine trips to Air Canada Centre. The Wizards lost their season opener at Miami and have rebounded with four straight wins, including Wednesdays 96-94 overtime triumph over the Indiana Pacers. John Wall went off for 31 points on 11-of-21 shooting, 10 assists and six rebounds, while Garrett Temple provided 16 points. I was just being aggressive, taking shots that were there, Wall said. Marcin Gortat aided the cause with 14 points and 10 rebounds for Washington, which is 4-1 to start a season for the first time since going 5-1 in 2005-06. Paul Pierce ended with 11 points to round out the double-digit scorers. The Wizards survived for the win even though they shot 37.4 percent. Meanwhile, Wall is currently the only player in the NBA averaging at least 21 points, 10 assists and four rebounds per game. Pierce is two assists shy of 4,500 in his career. The Wizards will visit Indiana Saturday night.
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.Martin Caceres marked his return from injury by scoring in the 3-1 win at Napoli and he believes Juventus sent out a warning to the rest of the league with that result.We go out on the pitch every game looking to give our all, Caceres said.HUMBLE, Texas -- Matt Kuchar didnt have the result he had hoped for while playing in the final pairing at last weeks Texas Open. The six-time PGA Tour winner, who closed with a final-round 75 on his way to a fourth-place finish last week, will have the opportunity to show what he learned from that disappointing finish at this weeks Houston Open. Playing in the final pairing, Kuchar vaulted past a struggling Sergio Garcia with a 4-under par 68 on Saturday -- overcoming windy conditions at the Golf Club of Houston to match the low round of the day and take a four-shot lead after three rounds. Kuchar stands at 15 under overall heading into Sundays final round, four shots ahead of second-round leader Garcia and Cameron Tringale. The three will be paired together on Sunday. "Its a nice position to have played well last week, to have been in the last group with a chance to win and again to come back this week, completely different course, and have another shot to win," Kuchar said. Kuchars last win came at the Memorial last year, and he has eight top 10 finishes this season in 10 events. Hell have the opportunity add to that resume on Sunday, weather permitting, as well as fuel his surging confidence leading into next weeks Masters, where he finished in a tie for eighth last year. The prospect of a winners share of nearly $1.2-million, however, has Kuchar locked in on this weekend first -- even with the prospect of competing for his first major championship looming next week. "Ive been playing some steady golf for a couple of years now and feel like my chances of playing well tomorrow are pretty good," Kuchar said. "Having a four-shot lead is a great position to be in." The golfers went off both tees in threesomes early Saturday morning in anticipation of severe weather in the evening, a format theyll use again Sunday with hopes of avoiding a Monday finish leading into next weeks visit to Augusta National. Garcia, who surged ahead with a 7-under 65 on Friday, began the day with a one-shot lead over Kuchar. That disappeared quickly after the Spaniard bogeyed the first to fall back to 11 under and into a tie with his playing partner, Kuchar. That was just the beginning of the struggles for Garcia, who later put his tee shot into the water on No.dddddddddddd 10. He finished with a 1-over 73 after matching the courses low mark of 12 under after two rounds. "Obviously, I didnt play as well as yesterday with the difficulty," Garcia said. "... It wasnt that easy." Kuchar, meanwhile, birdied the first to move into the lead -- a spot he didnt relinquish. He added back-to-back birdies on No. 4 and 5 to move to 14 under, and he added three birdies in a row on the back nine. He reached 16 under with a birdie on the par-3 14th before three-putting the 18th and settling for 15 under. "Its unbelievable," said Ben Curtis, who is tied for 5th at 8 under with Rickie Fowler. "(Kuchars) on a great roll the last few years. Obviously, hes playing very confidently, and that makes a huge difference." Kuchar missed his first four cuts at the Houston Open, but the American finished tied for eighth in 2010 and 2011 before not playing in the tournament the last two years. His three rounds in the 60s this week have only been matched by Tringale, who shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday while playing in the next-to-last pairing. Phil Mickelson, after withdrawing from last weeks Texas Open with a muscle pull in his right side, was inconsistent from the opening hole Saturday. The five-time major winner left his opening two approach shots short of the green, the second of which found the bunker and caused him to slump over in the fairway. That led to the first of back-to-back bogeys, though he did recover with three straight birdies on the back nine before settling for an even-par 72 -- leaving him in a tie for eighth at 6 under. "I dont know if Ill have a good round tomorrow or not," Mickelson said. "But its close, a lot closer than its been." Fowler matched Kuchars low round in Saturdays chilly conditions, posting a 4-under 68 and moving to 8 under overall. With rain forecast for Saturday night and throughout Sunday, the golfers will once again tee off in threesomes early on Sunday morning. "To me, it feels like well come here and wait around for a lot longer, but (thats) part of the deal," Kuchar said. ' ' '
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