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FRANCHISE HISTORY<br />
NOVEMBER 28: The Raptors earned their first road<br />
victory of the season, 94-77, over the NOK Hornets at<br />
Oklahoma City.<br />
NOVEMBER 29: Darrick Martin hits the Raptors’ lone<br />
three-pointer of the game at the final buzzer to ensure<br />
the team’s <strong>NBA</strong> record for games with a consecutive<br />
made three-pointer continues at 629.<br />
DECEMBER 17: Guard Jose Calderon was taken off the<br />
court on a stretcher after a collision with a Golden State<br />
player caused a lower back contusion. Calderon missed<br />
two games with the injury.<br />
2007<br />
JANUARY 2: Jorge Garbajosa named <strong>NBA</strong> Eastern<br />
Conference Rookie of the Month for December.<br />
JANUARY 22: Pape Sow was activated and played<br />
against Charlotte less than six months after he fractured<br />
a vertebrae in his neck.<br />
JANUARY 25: Chris Bosh is named a starter in fan<br />
balloting for the Eastern Conference at the 2007 <strong>NBA</strong><br />
All-Star Game to be held Feb. 18 in Las Vegas.<br />
JANUARY 26: Toronto returned to the .500 mark (22-<br />
22) with a 96-90 win over Boston. Toronto had not been<br />
at the .500 mark since Feb. 10, 2004 when the team was<br />
25-25.<br />
FEBRUARY 2: Toronto became the first team in <strong>NBA</strong><br />
history to sweep all three <strong>NBA</strong> Eastern Conference<br />
Awards for the Month of January. Andrea Bargnani was<br />
named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month; Sam<br />
Mitchell was named Eastern Conference Coach of the<br />
Month and Chris Bosh was named Player of the Month.<br />
FEBRUARY 16: Andrea Bargnani and Jorge Garbajosa<br />
participated in the T-Mobile Rookie-Sophomore<br />
Challenge at the <strong>NBA</strong> All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas.<br />
Bargnani scored 12 points, while Garbajosa added six.<br />
FEBRUARY 18: Chris Bosh scored 11 points and grabbed<br />
seven rebounds as a starter for the Eastern Conference<br />
at the <strong>NBA</strong> All-Star Game in Las Vegas.<br />
MARCH 1: Andrea Bargnani named <strong>NBA</strong> Eastern<br />
Conference Rookie of the Month for February.<br />
MARCH 21: Andrea Bargnani underwent emergency<br />
surgery for a non-perforated acute appendicitis at<br />
Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital.<br />
MARCH 26: Forward Jorge Garbajosa suffered a<br />
displaced left ankle joint in a 95-87 loss at Boston.<br />
MARCH 30: Chris Bosh passed Antonio Davis as the<br />
team’s all-time leader with 111 double-doubles. Sam<br />
Mitchell earns 100 th win as Raptors head coach.<br />
APRIL 1: Toronto clinched a playoff berth for the first<br />
time since 2001-02 with a 107-94 win over Charlotte.<br />
APRIL 3: Chris Bosh named <strong>NBA</strong> Eastern Conference<br />
Player of the Week.<br />
TORONTO RAPTORS 2009-10 PRESEASON<br />
APRIL 5: Toronto clinched first division (Atlantic)<br />
championship in franchise history.<br />
APRIL 13: Toronto clinched homecourt advantage for the<br />
first time in franchise history with an 87-84 win over<br />
Detroit.<br />
APRIL 15: Toronto earned its 47 th win of the season, tying<br />
the franchise record for wins in a single season.<br />
JUNE 14: Named Mike Evans to the coaching staff.<br />
JULY 30: Named Masai Ujiri as Director of Global<br />
Scouting.<br />
SEPTEMBER 12: Named Eric Hughes as basketball<br />
development consultant.<br />
SEPTEMBER 29: Signed Wayne Embry to a contract<br />
extension through 2009-10.<br />
OCTOBER 1: Toronto opens training camp in Treviso,<br />
Italy. This is the first time the Raptors have held training<br />
camp outside North America.<br />
NOVEMBER 4: Toronto opened its road schedule with a<br />
106-69 victory at New Jersey. The 37-point margin of<br />
victory eclipsed the previous franchise-high of 33 points<br />
in a road win, set February 19, 1997 at San Antonio.<br />
NOVEMBER 6: Toronto became the first team in <strong>NBA</strong><br />
history to successfully make a three-point field goal in<br />
700 consecutive games in a 112-85 loss at Milwaukee.<br />
Toronto finished the season with 778 consecutive games<br />
with at least one made three-point field goal.<br />
NOVEMBER 25: Toronto defeated Chicago 93-78 and<br />
Sam Mitchell passed former Raptors head coach Lenny<br />
Wilkens to be<strong>com</strong>e Toronto’s all-time leader in wins with<br />
114.<br />
DECEMBER 11: Jorge Garbajosa underwent surgery on<br />
his left leg and ankle at Mercy Medical Center in<br />
Baltimore, Maryland. Garbajosa, inactive since November<br />
20, missed the remainder of the season.<br />
DECEMBER 11: T.J. Ford left the game against the<br />
Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena at the 1:32 mark of the<br />
fourth quarter after a collision with Hawks centre Al<br />
Horford. Ford missed 24 games with a left arm stinger.<br />
DECEMBER 18: Chris Bosh became the Raptors’ alltime<br />
leading rebounder in grabbing his 2,840 th rebound<br />
in Toronto’s 80-77 victory versus the Los Angeles<br />
Clippers.<br />
DECEMBER 20: Chris Bosh blocked the 416 th shot of<br />
his career to move past Vince Carter for first place on<br />
the team’s all-time list.<br />
2008<br />
JANUARY 14: Chris Bosh named <strong>NBA</strong> Eastern<br />
Conference Player of the Week.<br />
JANUARY 31: Chris Bosh is named a reserve for the<br />
Eastern Conference team for the 2008 <strong>NBA</strong> All-Star<br />
Game.
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