TORONTO - A little bit of over-confidence has crept into the Toronto Raptors game, says James Johnson. [url=http://www.vapormaxs

TORONTO - A little bit of over-confidence has crept into the Toronto Raptors game, says James Johnson. Vapormax Off White France .And so after a 110-89 trouncing at the hands of the red-hot Atlanta Hawks on Friday, a night that served as a gauge of how far Toronto still has to go, the Raptors gathered in the locker-room for a players-only meeting.We had a long talk, Johnson said. Its going to stay internal, but we just got a little over-confident and we started taking to heart that were a good team and we havent accomplished nothing yet.Our detail, our mental aspect of the game, we cant go out there and think that were just going to out-athletic anybody, or out-shoot anybody anymore, Johnson continued. People are scouting us and theyre scouting us pretty well, weve just got to change some things up and get back to where we were.DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points to top Toronto (26-13) in his second game back from a 21-game injury layover, but got little help from his team. Johnson scored 17 points off the bench, while Kyle Lowry finished with 11.The Hawks starters outscored the Raptors by a whopping 75-53 margin.Whatever wall weve hit, weve hit it and weve got to bust through it, weve got to get a sledgehammer and bust through it, all of us together, coach Dwane Casey said, through a hoarse voice. Al Horford scored 22 points to lead the Hawks (32-8), who stretched their league-high winning streak to 11 games. I think we have a winning group, Lowry said, about the teams frustration. We have a bunch of guys that want to win. The frustration level is there. I dont think were pointing fingers. Were just trying to figure out how to get back to our winning ways.When asked about the players meeting, Lowry wouldnt elaborate.The Raptors had beaten Atlanta twice previously this season, 109-102 in their season-opener, and 126-115 in Atlanta on Nov. 26.But those wins came when the Raptors were on their early-season roll, and Atlanta hadnt yet hit theirs. The Hawks are playing at an entirely different level now, trouncing the Raptors with clinical precision Friday, and with their strength at every position.A game like that, that was not us, Casey said. Its no one person. Were still in that rut and the only way were going to get out of it is to work our way out of it.Theres no pointing fingers, theres no one person in that rooms fault. If its anybodys fault, put it on me, but, its all of us in it together and that team right there (Atlanta) is a well-oiled machine.The Raptors began the night trailing the East-leading Hawks by four-and-a-half games. They knew they were in for a rough night against the leagues hottest team, which had also clobbered Washington — one of the Easts top teams — last week. They werent wrong as they trailed almost from the opening whistle, fell behind by as many as 24 points in the third quarter, and went into the fourth down 85-68.A basket by Lowry on Torontos first possession cut the difference to 15 points. But the Hawks quickly snuffed out any hopes of a Raptors comeback, taking a 26-point lead on a bucket by Paul Millsap with 5:45 to play in front of a disgruntled Air Canada Centre crowd of 19,800 that included Toronto FCs newest acquisition Jozy Altidore and Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista.The ugliness continued and by the time Greivis Vasquez drained a three with 1:26 to go to cut Torontos deficit to 19 points, many fans had already left the building.We just hit one of them tough weeks, tough week-and-half, DeRozan said. Weve just got to bounce back. You cant play a perfect season. Its good that were having it now so we can regroup and get back on track.It was another rough night for Terrence Ross, who had five points on just 1-for-8 shooting. Jonas Valanciunas had just four points to go with six boards.Casey had talked pre-game about the importance of protecting the ball, but the message seemingly went unheard by his players, who had already coughed up the ball 14 times before halftime. They would give up 24 points on 19 giveaways overall.The Raptors wore their purple jerseys as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, and honoured former Raptor Muggsy Bogues with a video tribute during a timeout. Bogues, who travels the world doing promotional work for the NBA, said the Raptors are situated well in the wide-open Eastern Conference.The Raptors have a really good opportunity to come out of the East if they continue to keep grinding, continue to keep getting better, on both ends of the floor, Bogues said. What theyve got now, theyve proven they can beat anybody they play against, its just a matter of going out there and doing it.The Raptors got off to a messy start, shooting just 32 per cent in the opening quarter. But they managed to keep the deficit in single digits and trailed 24-19 heading into the second.The Hawks stretched their lead to 11 points before the Raptors second unit cut the lead to five. But Atlanta ended the first half with an 11-2 run to put the Hawks up 52-38.DeRozan had 13 points in the third quarter, but it wasnt enough to carry a Raptors squad that couldnt pull to within closer than 14 points in the frame.The Raptors end their six-game homestand on Sunday when they host the New Orleans Pelicans. Vapormax Plus Destockage .C. -- The Carolina Panthers announced Thursday theyve signed free agent wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery to a two-year contract, helping rebuild a depleted wide receiving corps. Vapormax Homme Soldes . Kelli Stack and Alex Carpenter also scored for the Americans, who avoided a repeat of Finlands upset at the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., in November. Finnish goalie Noora Raty made 58 saves in that one, but the three-time Olympian could stop just 40 of 43 U. http://www.vapormaxsolde.fr/ . It was well worth the wait. Manning and the Denver Broncos waited eight long months, then another 33 minutes to get the season started because of a lightning storm. ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Top-ranked Serena Williams breezed past Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-1 to open her bid for a fourth ATP Championships title on Tuesday. Williams, the defending champion, had no trouble against Kerber, who also lost to the American 6-4, 6-1 in the round-robin at this event last year. Kerber was the only player to beat Williams last year - in Cincinnati - after the Americans first-round ouster at the French Open. "Today she was playing unbelievable, and I had actually no chance. I mean, she was serving great and also returning unbelievable," Kerber said. "So I was just giving all I could, but yeah, its tough to play against Serena like this." Williams was particularly effective with her backhand return, the shot she also used on her first match point. Kerber, who had two straight double-faults to surrender the first game of the second set, produced another to give Williams three match points. Although she is 32, considered a ripe age in tennis, Williams is enjoying the finest season in her career, having already won 10 titles. She added the French Open and U.S. Open titles to bring her Grand Slam record to 17 championships and is 74-4 for the year. Earlier, second-ranked Victoria Azarenka overcame an erratic performance to beat an ailing Sara Errani 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the opening match of tournament. "I was a little rusty at the beginning. I think its a little bit expected after a break, and playing right away against a top player always makes it a little bit difficult," Azarenka said. Williams, making her eighth appearance in the event, is looking to become the first player to successfully defend the title since Justine Henin in 2007. If she achieves the feat, she would equal Chris Evert for third most WTA Championships with her fourth. Henin was also the last to win 10 titlees in a season, in 2007. Vapormax Blanche Pas Cher. Williams has clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking for the third time in her career after 2002 and 2009. Errani hurt her right calf in the third game of the second set and took a medical timeout to have it treated. Several times after that she seemed to be bothered by the injury and to favour her right leg, although she returned after the medical timeout to break Azarenkas serve to level at 2-2. She did not win another game though. "In the tiebreaker I felt a pain in my calf on serve," Errani said. "The first set was very tough, very long. I was running a lot." Errani served for the set three times -- and dropped serve each time as both players produced sloppy play with little rhythm. Azarenka, the Australian Open champion, managed to hold her serve only once through the first eight games but seized her chance when it came. She won four straight points in the tiebreaker to take a 5-3 lead, then faltered when she served her sixth double-fault. But an error by Errani gave Azarenka two set points. Errani then committed a double-fault and Azarenka had the set. "I think, overall was important to take that first set. It was a big turnaround point," Azarenka said. Azerenka, who was runner-up in the event in 2011 and a semifinalist last year, finished with eight double-faults but she also had 51 winners for Erranis 28. Azarenkas win was her first since losing the U.S. Open final to Serena Williams. Azarenka lost both of her opening matches in Tokyo and Beijing, where she had 15 double-faults. The tournament brings together the top eight players in the world. Third-ranked Maria Sharapova dropped out with a shoulder injury. The players are split onto two round-robin groups, with the top two finishers from each pool advancing to the semifinals. ' ' '