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Same old song for Raptors against Jazz
By MIKE GANTER, QMI Agency


Utah Jazz guard Gordon Hayward (left) and Raptors guard Terrence Ross scramble for a loose ball on Friday in Salt Lake City, Utah. (REUTERS)

SALT LAKE CITY - The focus coming in was defending the paint.

But leaving Salt Lake City, the focus has shifted to basic pride.

That’s what happens after a team gives in the way the Raptors did in a humiliating display of basketball.

The Raptors locker room door stayed closed for much longer than it normally does following last night’s 131-99 drubbing at the hands of a Utah Jazz team that was without leading scorer Al Jefferson and reserve big man Derrick Favours.









Which player, past or present, would be your first pick to start a basketball team?
  Bill Russell
  Wilt Chamberlain
  Michael Jordan
  Kobe Bryant
  LeBron James
  Kevin Durant
  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  Earvin 'Magic' Johnson
  Someone else


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