For more on last night's game, check out Kings blogs Sactown Royalty and Cowbell Kingdom, Raptors Republic, Ball Don't Lie, and the Sacramento Bee.

Rookie of the Year favourite Tyreke Evans put up a triple double, including this over-the-backboard and-one.

The Wall Street Journal on why pro athletes love Toronto.

T.Jose Caldeford's Chris Black begins his latest post by highlighting DeMar DeRozan's game-worst -27 against the Kings.

Sneakerhead Amir Johnson dips into his personal collection to rock the Air Jordan VI (6) Retro Black/Varsity Red on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Kobe Bryant talks to FSN after making the game-winning shot against the Toronto Raptors. Here's a compilation of Bryant's six game-winning buckets in 2009-10. And Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer thinks there's been nothing like this run in 20 years.

So how did Bryant get such a good look? Some great execution from the Lakers and some poor execution from the Raptors, according to the NBA Playbook blog.

Who can shut down a red-hot Jarrett Jack? Jay Triano, apparently.

Prior to yesterday's game against the Lakers, Jose Calderon needed only 779 more minutes to earn fifth spot on John Hollinger's list of the best NBA shooters ever. (ESPN Insider)

Wayne Winston's projected final NBA standings have the Raptors finishing 41-41 and 8th in the Eastern Conference (two games ahead of the Chicago Bulls). The Raptors have an 80% chance of making the playoffs, according to Winston. He also thinks they should be playing Marco Belinelli and Amir Johnson more (see the comments section of this post).

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For more on yesterday's game, check out the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, Ball Don't Lie and the Zan Tabak Herald.

Antoine Wright is once again sounding the alarm about the Raptors' lack of focus.

Andrea Bargnani gets indicted by Raptors Republic.

TrueHoop summarizes key moments from the 2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference while Kevin Pelton from Basketball Prospectus notes that sports analytics have entered the mainstream. The question: Did anyone from the Raptors' front office make the trip to Boston for the conference?

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For more on tonight's game against New York, check out Knicks blog Posting and Toasting, Knickerblogger, and Raptors Republic.

RaptorBlog's Scott Carefoot examines the Raptors' bad defence.

The 31-28 Raptors should be 27-32 according to their Pythagorean record.

Jarrett Jack is a member of John Hollinger's NBA All-Improved Team (Insider).

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Chris Bosh to make up for lost court time tomorrow night against the New York Knicks. And the Raptors hope the worst is over.

The Sonny should come out tomorrow.

Was DeMar DeRozan the right pick for Toronto?

Reggie Evans is the NBA's dirtiest player, according to his peers.

For more on last night's game, check out the Houston Chronicle, Ball Don't Lie, Raptors Republic and the Zan Tabak Herald.

T.Jose Caldeford's Chris Black predicts Toronto goes on a season-ending downturn (aggravated by Chris Bosh, Hedo Turkoglu and Jose Calderon's struggles with staying healthy), ending with a 41-41 or 40-42 record.

Andrea Bargnani and Turkoglu have seen their performance decline with the absence of Bosh.

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Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer figures the Oklahoma City Thunder are probably 20 points better than Toronto, if the game is played stateside. So last night's 119-99 final made sense.

Jay Triano fumes as the Raptors' slump deepens.

For more on the game, check out NewsOK.com and Raptors Republic.

Wayne Winston posted his projected final NBA standings and playoff chances.

NBA.com's John Schuhmann thinks there's still a lot to be determined over the final 6 1/2 weeks of the season.

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For more on last night's loss to Portland, check out the Blazersedge blog, Oregon Live and Raptors Republic.

RaptorBlog's Scott Carefoot on why Andrea Bargnani might not be cut out to be a #1 offensive option.

ESPN's Bill Simmons on how to fix the NBA.