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              Raptors beat Knicks 110-97, assured of top-3 seed in East



            BRIAN MAHONEY                told  the  guys  remember  process  and  the  progress
            AP Basketball Writer         how  this  felt,  (who)  had  that  we  made  over  the
            NEW  YORK  (AP)  —  The  To-  a  tough  time  getting  go-  years.”
            ronto  Raptors  know  they  ing  because  that’s  prob-   Rookie  Willy  Hernangomez
            are  headed  for  another  ably going to be the game  tied  his  career  high  with
            wake-up  call,  no  matter  we  have,”  coach  Dwane  24  points  and  grabbed  11
            how much they would like  Casey said.                     rebounds  for  the  Knicks,
            to sleep in.                 The Raptors pulled away in  who  despite  playing  with-
            They’ve had the noon start  the fourth quarter to reach  out most of their top play-
            on the opening day of the  50 victories for the second  ers  trailed  only  76-75  after
            NBA  playoffs  the  last  few  straight  season.  They  can  three.  But  Toronto  broke  it
            years and expect it again.  still  finish  second  if  they  open  behind  the  3-point
            So  while  playing  some  no-  beat  Cleveland  in  their  line  and  won  its  third
            name  Knicks  on  Sunday  regular-season  finale  and  straight.“I think they picked
            might  not  get  them  ready  Boston loses its final two.  it  up  defensively  and  they
            for the caliber of competi-  Kyle  Lowry  had  17  points  put  more  pressure  on  us.
            tion,  at  least  it  provided  a  and  11  assists  for  the  Rap-  They  are  a  great  team,  a
            glimpse of the timing.       tors,  who  swept  the  Knicks  playoff  team  and  that’s
            DeMar  DeRozan  scored  for the first time since 2009-    how  we  learned  today,”
            35  points  and  the  Raptors  10  in  a  strong  follow-up  to  Hernangomez said. “When
            overcame  a  slow  start  to  their  franchise-record  56-  the  other  team  puts  more
            wrap up at least the No. 3  win finish last season.       pressure  we  have  to  learn
            seed in the Eastern Confer-  “A  lot  of  teams  don’t  get  how  we  have  to  improve
            ence with a 110-97 victory  the  opportunity  just  to  win  our defense and offense at
            over New York.               50  games,”  DeRozan  said.  that point of the game.”
            “We’ve got to get our bod-   “For  us  to  do  it  back-to-  The  three  victories  have
            ies and minds ready and I  back  years  just  shows  the  come since Lowry returned










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               FREE TRANSPORTATION TO THE CASINO FROM ALL                                          Toronto  Raptors’  DeMar  DeRozan,  left,  is  fouled  by  New  York
              HIGH RISE AND LOW RISE HOTELS AND TIMESHARES.                                        Knicks’ Sasha Vujacic during the first half of an NBA basketball
                                                                                                   game, Sunday, April 9, 2017, in New York. The Raptors beat the
                 CALL 525-7777 FOR MORE INFORMATION                                                Knicks 110-97.
                                                                                                                                       (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
                                            LIVE POKER                                             after right wrist surgery side-  surgery  and  Joakim  Noah

                                                                                                   lined him for 18 games. He  to an NBA suspension.
                              GAMES START 8 PM TO THE WEE HOURS                                    played  38  minutes,  and  DeRozan shot 11 for 15 from
                                                                                                   then begged the NBA not  the field and became the
                                                                                                   to  give  the  Raptors  the  second player in franchise
                               1-2.....2-5......5-5            1-3.....2-5......5-5                sleepy-start schedule again  history  with  a  2,000-point
                                  $100 HIGH HAND BONUSES EVERY HOUR                                next Saturday.“It’s a differ-  season.  He  now  has  2,020
                                                                                                   ence for us, but at the end  points.
                      OVER $20,000 PER WEEK GIVEN OUT IN HIGH HAND BONUSES                         of the day we’re still profes-  Vince  Carter  scored  2,107
                                                   CRAPS                                           sionals,  we’ve  got  to  out  in  1999-00  and  2,070  in
                                                                                                   there  and  do  our  job,”  he  2000-01.Markelle Fultz from

                              ONLY CASINO IN ARUBA TO OFFER 3, 4 & 5 TIME ODDS                     said. “Tonight it seemed like  the  University  of  Washing-
                                                                                                   it took a little longer to get  ton,  expected  to  be  one
                                                                                                   going  but  we  got  going,  of the top picks in the draft,
                                              SPORTSBOOK                                           we got a win and whatev-     was  at  the  game.  So  was
                                                                                                   er comes at that time we’ll  Stephon Marbury, the New

                                        LIVE SIMULCAST OF ALL MAJOR TRACKS                         be ready to play.”Carmelo  York native who played for
                                                                                                                                the  Knicks  during  a  turbu-
                                                                                                   Anthony and Kristaps Porz-
                                           THROUGHOBRED AND HARNESS                                ingis  sat  out  again  for  the  lent  stretch  from  2003-08
                                                                                                   Knicks,  who  had  already  and has gone on to a suc-
                                                                                                   lost  Derrick  Rose  to  knee  cessful career in China.q
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