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TORONTO - Its been 13 years since the Raptors played in their last and only Game 7, by all accounts the biggest game in franchis

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TORONTO - Its been 13 years since the Raptors played in their last and only Game 7, by all accounts the biggest game in franchise history to this point. David Pastrnak Jersey . Philadelphia-native Kyle Lowry remembers it well. "Hell of a game," recalled Lowry, who was a 15-year-old high schooler when he watched the epic battle between Vince Carter and Allen Iverson, culminating in Carters missed jumper and Torontos Game 7 loss in 2001. "I was a fan back then, of the other team. But it was a great game, a great game." A year earlier, DeMar DeRozan - 10 at the time, growing up in Southern Los Angeles - watched his favourite team, the Lakers, overcome a 15-point deficit to knock off the Trailblazers in the deciding game of the 2000 Conference Finals. To this day, it is still his most memorable Game 7 moment. "I remember watching it," said the Raptors all-star guard. "Even then I remember saying, I wish I was playing in a moment like that, because it just seemed fun, especially when youre doing something you love to do. Thats the highest level of basketball you could play in, man." On Sunday afternoon theyll have the opportunity to write their own story when Toronto hosts the Brooklyn Nets in the finale of their opening-round series. You can catch all of the action live on TSN, TSN GO and TSN Radio 1050 with pre-game coverage kicking off at 12:30pm et/9:30am pt with Rod Black and Leo Rautins on TSN and with Jim Tatti, Duane Watson, Gareth Wheeler and Josh Lewenberg on a special two-hour edition of Countdown to Tip-off at 11:00 AM on TSN 1050. Tatti, Watson, Wheeler and Lewenberg will return with an extended post-game show following the game. TSN.cas coverage includes in-game highlights and live streaming of the fan festivities at Maple Leaf Square during the game as well as the post-game news conferences. "Honestly, this is what you live for, man," said DeRozan, the Raptors leading scorer, averaging 24.8 points in his first career playoff series. "To play and be in moments like this, because they last forever. Memories like that are going to last way after Im finished playing so youve definitely got to take advantage of it and understand youve got to go out there and play youre A-game." The Raptors, up 3-2 going into Game 6, failed to close out the series in Brooklyn Friday after the Nets got off to a commanding start, earning a wire-to-wire 97-83 win in the face of elimination. The two teams have gone blow for blow all season long, splitting their 10 meetings. In 40 quarters, 480 minutes, the Raptors have scored just one point more than the opposing Nets. Now, itll come down to one final game, four quarters, 48 minutes between two evenly matched foes with very different backstories. Toronto players have made just seven appearances in Game 7s, losing all seven, all of them on the road. Meanwhile, the Nets have 27 games of experience in this situation. Paul Pierce alone has played in more Game 7s than the Raptors roster. Lowry, the only Raptors starter to play in a Game 7, and his Houston Rockets were dismantled in the Western Conference Semifinals, losing to the Lakers by 19 points in 2009. "We got the s--- beat out of us," he said of his lone Game 7 experience. Greivis Vasquez, a rookie with the Grizzlies in 2011, lost by 15 in Oklahoma City during the final game of the semis. Chuck Hayes and John Salmons both have a couple Game 7 defeats on their resume, Tyler Hansbrough has one. To say they have something to prove is probably an understatement. "This game will go down in memory or in history," said the veteran Hayes. "It could be one of your great performances, a so-so performance but people will always remember a Game 7. So how do you want to be remembered?" The Nets, on the other hand, were built for this moment. They are the most expensive NBA team ever assembled, a roster loaded with perennial all-stars and future hall of famers. As such, the pressure is on them to deliver. "We aint got no 100 million, whatever payroll they got," said DeRozan. "Hey, thats all on them. We understand what we have to do and were going to go out there wanting it. At the end of the day they have more to lose than us." The spotlight is fixated on them and they know it. After guaranteeing a victory ahead of Game 6, Nets forward Andray Blatche had no problem doubling down. "We guarantee it," Blatche said after Fridays win. "Were gonna go there, take care of business and go to Miami." Although the Raptors have carried themselves with a quiet confidence throughout the series, refusing to get caught up in an extra curricular war of words, they did not take kindly to Blatches pre-game acceptance speech. "I dont know who does he think he is," said Vasquez, asked about Blatches comments after Saturday afternoon practice at the Air Canada Centre. "Hes not [Kevin Garnett] or Paul Pierce or Jason Kidd. Were not going to listen to his nonsense. He gotta earn that, and he hasnt yet." "I dont care what he said," DeRozan added. "He can say what he wants, honestly. He can go out there and say hes going to hit the lottery tomorrow, I could give a hell." That animosity - natural in any long playoff series - has been building for over two weeks and will come to a head Sunday. All season long, the Raptors and their mix of youth and discarded veterans have been an unlikely success story. On Sunday theyll all have a couple things in common. From one end of the bench to the other, theyll all be playing the most important game of the careers, looking to accomplish something none of them have before, striving to move on and continue to defy the odds. "These are lifetime moments," Lowry said. "Game 7 is Game 7, no matter what round its in, its Game 7. Its 3-3, win or go home. Either youre going to the Bahamas or youre going to the second round." Cam Neely Jersey . Tristan Jackson returned a missed field goal 129 yards early in the fourth quarter as the Roughriders beat the B.C. David Backes Jersey .com) - Novak Djokovic easily took care of Andy Murray to reach the final at the $2. http://www.thebostonbruinshockey.com/chris-wagner-hockey-jersey/ . The Canadian tennis players first full season on the WTA Tour was a strong one. She has risen to No. 32 in the world rankings and will likely be seeded at the first Grand Slam event of the 2014 season.SHAWINIGAN, Que. - Sebastien Sylvestre scored twice, including the winner 4:39 into overtime, as the Chicoutimi Sagueneens edged the Shawinigan Cataractes 3-2 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. The 19-year-old forward has a point in each of his first three games to start the season and has five points total, to lead Chicoutimi. Loik Levelle also scored for the Sagueneens (3-0-0) while Sylvestre added an assist for a three-point outing. Alexis DAoust scored twice for the Cataractes (0-2-1) and Felix-Antoine Bergeron assisted on both. Julio Billia turned away 30-of-32 shots for his second win in as many starts. Despite picking up the loss, Marvin Cupper earned the games first star by making 43 saves. Chicoutimi went 1 for 4 on the power play as Shawinigan scored once on two chances with the man advantage. Islanders 5 Screaming Eagles 4 SYDNEY, N.S. -- Jack Nevins scored once and set up two more and Troy Vance and Yan Pavel Laplante each had a goal and an assist as Charlottetown edged Cape Breton. Anthony Cortese and Deverick Ottereyes both scored for the Islanders (3-0-0), while Antoine Bibeau turned away 28 shots for the victory. Cameron Darcy led the Screaming Eagles (0-2-1) offensively with two goals and an assist and Julien Pelletier and Clark Bishop scored the others. Maxime Lagace made 32 saves in defeat. Mooseheads 5 Wildcats 2 MONCTON, N.B. -- Andrew Ryan and Nikolaj Ehlers combined for four goals and seven points as Halifax downed the Wildcats. Connor Moynihan also scored for the Mooseheads (1-2-0) and Brent Andrews chipped in with three assists. Zachary Fucale stopped 18-of-20 shots for the win. Conor Garland scored both goals for Moncton (1-2-0) as Alex Dubeau made 27 saves in the loss. Armada 4 Phoenix 2 SHERBROOKE, Que., -- Nikita Jevpalovs had two goals and an assist and Ryan Tesink had three assists as Blainville-Boisbriand doubled up the Phoenix. Danick Martel and Daniel Walcott also scored for the Armada (3-0-0) as Guillaume Deccelles made 24 saves for the win. Terry OReilly Bruins Jersey. Carl Neill and Axel Rioux supplied the offence for Sherbrooke (0-3-0) while Francis Desrosiers stopped 29-of-32 shots in defeat. Drakkar 7 Remparts 4 BAIE-COMEAU, Que. -- Alexis Vanier scored twice and added three assists as the Drakkar downed Quebec. Jeremy Gregoire and Denis Gorbunov each had two goals for Baie-Comeau (1-1-0) and Nicolas Meloche rounded out the scoring with a single goal. Anthony Duclair had a pair of goals for the Remparts (0-2-1) while Fabrice Herzog and Cody Donaghey added a goal apiece. Philippe Cadorette made 14 saves for the win. Francois Brassard picked up the loss after allowing six goals against on 31 shots in 43 minutes of action. Callum Booth replaced Brassard in the third and stopped 8-of-9 shots in relief. Voltigeurs 2 Oceanic 1 RIMOUSKI, Que. -- Jeremy Auger scored the winner with 1:07 to play in the third as Drummondville slipped past the Oceanic. Charles-David Beaudoin also scored for the Voltigeurs (3-0-0) and Louis-Philip Guindon made 21 saves for the victory. Peter Trainor scored a power-play goal late in the first period for Rimouski (2-1-0) as Philippe Desrosiers turned away 26 shots in defeat. Huskies 5 Tigres 1 ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. -- Jean-Sebastien Dea scored twice and Carl Hozjan only had to make 12 saves as the Huskies beat Victoriaville. Liam OBrien, Dillon Fournier and Steve Mercier each scored once for Rouyn-Noranda (1-1-1) and Maxime St-Cyr added two assists. Angelo Miceli scored the lone goal for the Tigres (2-1-0) while Brandon Whitney stopped 32-of-37 shots in the loss. Foreurs 5 Olympiques 0 VAL-DOR, Que. -- Francois Tremblay stopped all 20 shots he faced and Anthony Mantha scored three goals as the Foreurs blanked Gatineau. Pierre-Maxime Poudrier and Randy Gazzola also scored for Val-dOr (1-2-0) and Louick Marcotte had three assists. The Olympiques (2-1-0) failed to score on seven power-play opportunities as Robert Steeves made 27 saves in defeat. ' ' '

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