Toronto came away with the shocker today, as Brooklyn self-destructed and handed them the 111-109 win. The outcome was one that even the hardiest of Toronto fans would have predicted. "Our game plan was to try to stick around be close enough that maybe we could get lucky," said Toronto coach Bob. "I hate to admit it, but we all know that if Brooklyn is on top of its game, there's nothing we can do to beat them. Anyway, the plan worked - we kept things close and were able to capitalize when the game was handed to us."

Brooklyn coach Bob took a lot of heat afterwards, especially when it was learned that he was already preparing for the team's next opponent. "It was a risk, of course, but at some point you've got to weigh the advantages of extra time preparing for Toronto against extra time preparing for a real opponent. Anyway, that's not why we lost - we lost from our mental mistakes, not from being underprepared for Toronto."

Toronto was led by Bush (22 points, 18 boards, 0 assists, 3 blocks), Starks (7 points, 13 assists, a steal), Boll (27 points, 0 assists, a steal). Brooklyn was led by Hazan (36 points, 6 assists, 4 steals), Gray (6 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, a steal, 3 blocks), Green (14 points, 8 boards, 2 assists).

With the victory, Toronto are now 11-20 and 9-9 at home. They remain at #5 in the Atlantic and remain at #14 overall in the Eastern Conference. Brooklyn drop to 18-13. They stay at #2 in the Atlantic and remain at #6 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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