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The Toronto Raptors will unveil their newest assets Friday night when they host Atlantic Division rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers, at Air Canada Centre. Josh Sweat Eagles Jersey . You can watch the game on TSN and listen on TSN Radio 1050 in Toronto at 7pm et/4pm pt. On Monday, the Raptors sent Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Chuck Hayes and Patrick Patterson. The newest members havent had much practice time, but all are expected to be available on Friday. There was a visa issue with Vasquez, but its been resolved. Now, its up to the organization to acclimate them to the Raptors. "Its not going to happen overnight," acknowledged Raptors coach Dwane Casey. "Integrating those guys with our guys is going to take time. We have roles for each guy that we have in mind." On the floor, the Raptors have been bad lately. Theyve dropped six of their last seven with the only victory coming on Sunday in Los Angeles when the Raps spoiled Kobe Bryants return from Achilles surgery. Toronto was short-handed that night as the trade was agreed upon, but not official. The Raptors had a thin bench on Tuesday when they fell at home to the San Antonio Spurs, 116-103. All five starters scored in double figures, led by 19 apiece from Amir Johnson and DeMar DeRozan. Dwight Buycks, a seldom-used guard from Marquette, scored 10 off the bench. The Spurs shot 55 percent and scored 20 points off Torontos 19 turnovers. The Sixers have dropped nine straight on the road. Their only victory away from home this season came in their first road contest in Washington on Nov. 1. Philly hasnt been great at home recently either. The Sixers have lost four straight, eight of nine and 12 of 14. On Wednesday, the 76rs led going into the fourth quarter in Minnesota, but the Timberwolves outscored the Sixers, 28-18 over the final 12 minutes. It was enough to give Minny a 106-99 victory, which marked the 10th time in the last 11 contests the Sixers have allowed 100 points or more. "In a big picture, we put ourselves in a position to win a game," said Philadelphia head coach Brett Brown. "We put ourselves in a position to win a game on the road and its hard to do that." The Sixers built a 19-point lead after the first quarter, but steadily lost the lead throughout the game. They shot 53 percent from the field and 45 percent from long range, but lost the rebounding battle by eight. Spencer Hawes and Tony Wroten scored 20 points apiece, followed by 16 each from Thaddeus Young and James Anderson. Evan Turner finished with 13 points. Rookie Michael Carter-Williams missed his fourth straight with right knee soreness. The Raptors beat the 76ers in Philadelphia on Nov. 20 and have won two of the last three in this series. The Sixers have taken three of the last four in Toronto. Nick Foles Womens Jersey . -- Keith Aulie has joined the Tampa Bay Lightning. Markus Wheaton Eagles Jersey .The result meant Juventus will spend the winter break three points clear of Roma after the league leader beat Cagliari 3-1 on Thursday.Milan remained seventh ahead of the rest of the weekends fixtures, but was provisionally two points behind third-place Napoli in their duel for the final Champions League spot. http://www.theeaglesfootballauthentic.com/eagles-avonte-maddox-black-jersey/ . Philippe Desrosiers stopped 42 shots through overtime and three more in the shootout to pick up his third shutout of the season for Rimouski (31-15-7). Zachary Fucale made 28 saves for Halifax (34-17-3) in the loss.ERIE, Pa. - Dane Fox scored twice, including the winner, as the Erie Otters edged the visiting Saginaw Spirit 4-3 in overtime on Saturday to take Game 2 of their Ontario Hockey League first-round series. Fox, who led the OHL with 64 goals in the regular season, scored the winner 2:12 into extra time, with Connor McDavid earning his third assist of the game on the play. Andre Burakovsky and Adam Pelech also scored for the Otters, who lead the series 2-0, while Devin Williams made 22 saves for the win. Justin Sefton, Luke Cairns and Cody Payne supplied the scoring for the Spirit and Jake Paterson stopped 38-of-42 shots in defeat. --- STORM 3 WHALERS 0 GUELPH, Ont. — Justin Nichols made 30 saves and Zack Mitchell assisted on all three of his clubs goals as the Storm blanked Plymouth to go up 2-0 in their first-round matchup. Matt Finn, Nick Ebert and Brock McGinn scored for Guelph and Kerby Rychel tacked on two assists. Alex Nedeljkovic turned aside 35-of-37 shots for the Whalers, who have been outscored 8-2 through two games. Nichols has stopped a combined 49-of-51 shots in two starts. --- KNIGHTS 6 SPITFIRES 3 LONDON, Ont. — Defenceman Nikita Zadorov had two goals and two assists as the Knights built a five-goal lead en route to doubling up Windsor for a 2-0 first-round series lead. Chris Tierney scored once and set up two more for London and Max Domi, Brett Welychka and Bo Horvat added the others. Randall Cunningham Jersey. Anthony Stolarz trned away 33-of-36 shots for the Knights. Ben Johnson, Nikita Yazkov and Brady Vail scored for the Spitfires while Alex Fotinos made 46 saves in defeat. --- GREYHOUNDS 7 ATTACK 3 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Michael Bunting scored twice and Darnell Nurse chipped in with three assists as the Greyhounds evened their opening series with Owen Sound at a game apiece. Jean Dupuy, Tyler Gaudet, Sergey Tolchinksy, Bryan Moore and Andrew Fritsch also scored for Sault Ste. Marie, which dropped Game 1 in overtime 5-4 on Friday. Santino Centorame had a pair of goals for the Attack while Justin Brack added the other. Matt Murray made 15 saves for the Greyhounds. Owen Sounds Brandon Hope gave up four goals on 19 shots before giving way to Jack Flinn, who stopped 15-of-18 shots in 35 minutes of relief. --- COLTS 4 WOLVES 3 (OT) BARRIE, Ont. — Zach Hall scored twice, including 1:17 into overtime, as the Colts slipped past Sudbury to go up 2-0 in Round 1 action. Justin Scott and Jake Dotchin also scored for Barrie and Tyson Fawcett had two assists. The Wolves got goals from Ray Huether, Dominik Kahun and Mathew Campagna. Mackenzie Blackwood made 29 saves for the Colts as Sudburys Franky Palazzese kicked out 30-of-34 shots in defeat. --- ' ' '