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The Toronto Raptors are back home following a three-game road trip and will host the Detroit Pistons at Air Canada Centre. The Atlantic Division-leading Raptors went 2-1 on the trip with wins over Milwaukee and Philadelphia sandwiched around a loss to Memphis. You can catch all of the action LIVE on TSN Radio 1050 Toronto with coverage getting underway at 6pm et. In Fridays 91-86 victory over the 76ers, All-Star Kyle Lowry scored 17 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and Patrick Patterson ended with 14 points and 13 rebounds off the bench. The Raptors scored 24 points off 18 Philadelphia turnovers. Thank God for Kyle because we didnt play any kind of basketball whatsoever tonight, said Raptors coach Dwane Casey. Lowry is averaging 17.3 points and 6.7 assists in January (11 games). Amir Johnson is listed as questionable for tonights game with a sore left shoulder. Patrick Patterson, who started the second half in place of Johnson on Friday, would start in his place. Toronto has a 16-7 record at home and will visit Indiana next on Tuesday. The Pistons will try to rebound from Saturdays 101-86 loss at Milwaukee. Brandon Jennings scored 16 points before leaving late in the third quarter with a leg injury. Jennings needed to be helped off the court and will miss Sundays game in Toronto. It doesnt look good. Hell be re-evaluated tomorrow, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. He has been our catalyst. Its a major, major loss. Anthony Tolliver posted 12 points and Greg Monroe pulled down 16 rebounds to go with eight points for the Pistons, who have dropped two in a row on the road and have a 10-12 mark as the guest. Detroit is 12-4 in its last 16 games and will host LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday at The Palace. The Pistons and Raptors have split two meetings this season and will play again March 24. Detroit ended a four-game slide in this series with a 114-111 victory on Jan. 12 north of the border. 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Detroit Tigers Pro Shop . - The New England Patriots needed help on defence so they added three experienced players at midseason.Each week, The Reporters put their thumbs out to the good and the bad in the world of sports. This week, they discuss the mistakes in the recently-filed concussion lawsuit, Jaroslav Halaks unwillingness to play his fomer team, Ryan Smyth and what he meant to Edmonton and Canada, and the new, civilized way managers and umpires argue with each other. Bruce Arthur, National Post My thumb is up to proofreading, especially when you happen to be filing a class-action lawsuit that pertains to concussions. The suit filed this week against the NHL on behalf of a group that included a small group of former players, including Michael Peluso and Dan Lacouture, was the second of its kind in hockey, and wont be the last. And it probably didnt help the cause by misspelling Sidney Crosbys name, citing movies like “Friday the 13th” and “Mystery, Alaska”, and declaring Gordie Howe dead. Look, we know what brain trauma does to people, now. In sports, what leagues knew and when they knew it is important, because if information was concealed, that could be monstrous. Now, Im not a lawyer, but if youre looking for answers, maybe start by not killing Gordie Howe. Steve Simmons, SUN Media My thumb is down to Jaroslav Halak, for basically opting out of playing goal against his former team, the St. Louis Blues. This is a hard one to completely understand and there is more than one version of the story. But the way I understand it, the Washington Capitals picked up the goalie at the trade deadline for the express purpose of trying to help them get in the playoffs. Yet he told his coach, Adam Oates, that he wasnt comfortable playing against the Blues, the team that just traded him away. Not commfortable? Isnt the athletes favourite game the one against his former team with all his friends? Isnt that what a goalie signs up for? The odd part in all this, without Halak the Capitals beat the Blues Tuesday night and still managed to miss the playoffs.dddddddddddd. Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated My thumb is up to Ryan Smyth, who announced his retirement Friday. He was not the greatest Oiler, obviously, but he was as much of an Edmonton-standard bearer in his era as Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier were in theirs. Smyth was not conspicuously skilled, but he stood for old-time hockey values - and he stood in front of the net, the source of most of his 386 goals. He was steadfast in commitment to country, playing in eight World Championships and two Olympics. Captain Canada, indeed. But Smyth spent 15 of 19 NHL seasons in copper and blue. He belongs to Edmonton. The rest of the country was lucky it could borrow him. Dave Hodge, TSN My thumb is down to baseball fans who say they miss the loud-cursing, dirt-kicking, arm-waving, near-spitting, face to face arguments between managers and umpires. Those have been replaced this season by civilized conversations that the managers deem necessary while they wait for dugout advice on replay challenges. We have enough fits of temper and rage in this world that they dont have to come in the form of phony sports entertainment. The managers look better when they act older than five, the umpires are deserving of respect and this way, bad calls can actually be corrected. Its all quite civilized, which, Abner Doubleday intended, I believe. If, indeed, Doubleday was baseballs inventor. There are other claims, but lets not fight about that, either. ' ' '