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TORONTO - Forty-eight hours after a disheartening loss in Brooklyn, and moments after their bounce-back victory at home over the Pistons, a collection of Raptors players and coaches gathered in the locker room to watch the tail end of the Nets one-point victory over Miami. Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Yeezreel . With less than 20 games remaining and a postseason berth all but locked up, the scoreboard watching is well underway. The red-hot Nets pulled within three games of Toronto for top spot in the Atlantic Division on Monday. In defeating the defending, two-time champion Heat Wednesday - for the third time this season - they continue to keep pace with the Raptors, breathing directly down their necks. As Dwane Casey and his players watched Brooklyn close out its seventh victory in eight games, the Raptors coach delivered a strong message to the troops. Dont look back. "We can watch that but if we dont take care of our business its not worth a crap," he said after his team did just that, defeating the Pistons 101-87 at home Wednesday evening. "Im more concerned about what we do and how were playing and how weve got to make up for Patrick (Patterson) being out and losing leads more so than anything else." The Raptors, despite Mondays loss, still control their own destiny and they sure looked like a team in the drivers seat against an inferior opponent in the reeling Pistons. Detroit is a befuddling case of disjointed talent. Despite swinging for the fences over the summer - signing Josh Smith and trading for Brandon Jennings - Joe Dumars and company have struck out this season. Chemistry is a hard thing to quantify in a team sport like basketball, as the post-trade Raptors can attest to. You either have it or you dont. When the Pistons began to come apart - as they tend to do - in the third quarter and then again in the fourth, the Raptors came together. "I thought [the bigs] were battling and our guards came back in, what we call cracking down, and cracked down to help the bigs" said Casey. "I thought that was huge. Its a five-man job." Toronto was paced in scoring by DeMar DeRozan, who had a game-high 25 points, as well as Amir Johnson and Kyle Lowry, chipping in with 20 and 19 respectively. Still, it was as much a collective effort as Casey could have hoped for, especially with the injured Patterson out resting an elbow sprain. With the intimidating frontcourt duo of Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond to contend with, the Raptors had four players pull down eight or more rebounds, including reserves Greivis Vasquez and Chuck Hayes. The Pistons came into the game ranked first in offensive rebounds, first in paint points and second in second-chance scoring. "We had to box out," said Johnson, who grabbed nine boards on the night. "We looked at all the stats and that was definitely the key, to get all those guys off the boards. They definitely have a big lineup and thats what we did." The Raptors "cracked down" - as Casey says - in the second half, besting Detroit 29-13 on the boards, holding the visitors to one offensive rebound. They also outscored the Pistons 24-14 in the paint and 15-0 in second-chance points over the final 24 minutes. On a night in which Brooklyn stole headlines with an impressive win over an elite team, the division-leaders took care of business. The Raptors have heeded their coaches warning, at least to this point. They havent looked back. With 11 wins in its last 12 games against opponents with records south of .500, Toronto continues to hold serve. Theyre not looking for style points so long as they come away with the prize. "A lot of our guys havent been there," Casey reiterated. "Like Ive always preached, its a different animal. I hope theyre enjoying it but yet still [understanding] how hard it is, getting there first and then after you get there it gets even harder." "Its good, its exciting, its great for our fans," he continued. "Its something our fans havent been through in a while but again, weve just got to take care of our business." Yeezy Boost 350 Saldi . Reimer told TSNs Mark Masters on Tuesday that he doesnt know if he will be moved leading up to the March 5 trade deadline but added he wasnt interested in discussing it. "Who knows whats going to happen on the horizon here and right now I dont know if I want to talk about it too much. Yeezy Boost 700 V2 Scontate . 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MATCH: Sunderland v Chelsea, Premier League, SaturdayINCIDENT: Gary Cahill is shown a yellow card, rather than a red, for bringing down Jermain Defoe in the first minute of the match as he looked to go through on goal.GALLAGHERS VIEW: It shows how alert the referee and his assistant were, for two reasons. Defoe is yards offside when he gets the ball but its a back-pass from a Chelsea player, so the assistant is alert and hasnt flagged for offside. The referee then sees Cahill has fouled him but John Terry is close enough to make it a possible goalscoring opportunity rather than an obvious one.GALLAGHERS VERDICT: Correct decision Gary Cahill was booked inside the first minute against Sunderland MATCH: Sunderland v ChelseaINCIDENT: Lee Cattermole is booked for a lunging tackle on Eden Hazard.GALLAGHERS VIEW: I think its a worse challenge than the referee realises. He sees it and thinks its a yellow. It looks a yellow but close up it is a nasty tackle and he is very fortunate to only get a yellow. If he had got a red he could not have complained. Its late and he has hit him with the studs. In real time the referee has not seen it as clearly as we have on the replays.GALLAGHERS VERDICT: Wrong decision Lee Cattermole only saw yellow for this tackle on Eden Hazard MATCH: Sunderland v ChelseaINCIDENT: John Terry is sent off for two yellow cards. The first is for a foul on Jermain Defoe and the second for a challenge on Wahbi Khazri. John Terry was booked for this tackle on Jermain Defoe GALLAGHERS VIEW: The first one is a yellow. Terry realises as well, he puts his hand up straight away. Its late and reckless and he has no chance of playing the ball, which has gone. Its a yellow card.I dont know why he then made the second tackle, he had no reason to. The fact he has followed through has convinced the referee to send him off.GALLAGHERS VERDICT: Correct decision Terry was shown a second yellow card for bringing down Wahbi Khazri MATCH: Leicester v Everton, Premier League, SaturdayINCIDENT: Jamie Vardy wins a penalty after being fouled by Matthew Pennington. It was a similar incident to the one against West Ham a few weeks ago, when Vardy was adjudged to have dived and was shown a second yellow card.GALLAGHERS VIEW: I think it is the right decision, he bundles him over and iits a penalty. Yeezy 700 V2 Static Italia. People says its not the most clear cut but the defender comes across him. Against West Ham, Vardy went across the defender and was looking to make the contact. He initiated it. With Pennington they are side by side and he hasnt taken his ground. He did against West Ham. Side by side they are similar challenges with different outcomes, so you can see how different it is. But the referee got both right.GALLAGHERS VERDICT: Correct decision Jamie Vardy won a penalty for the foul by Matthew Pennington (left), a few weeks after being booked for diving (right) MATCH: Manchester City v Arsenal, Premier League, SundayINCIDENT: From an Arsenal free-kick into the box, both Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud appear to have their shirts pulled. No penalty is given.GALLAGHERS VIEW: If its seen then something should have been done, but its week-in, week-out. We have one more week to go and then in the summer we should sit down and think how can we do this better and identify this. Fernandinho pulled Alexis Sanchezs arm at a free-kick MATCH: Man City v ArsenalINCIDENT: The referee is hit by the ball, breaking up an Arsenal attack, but then later in the game plays an advantage after a foul on Jack Wilshere from which the Gunners score.GALLAGHERS VIEW: You have almost gone from a referees nightmare to a dream because they have scored after the advantage and you can turn around say, I have played a major part in this game flowing properly and the right decision being made. Thats what you want every game. The ball hit the referee in Man Citys draw with Arsenal, but he later played an advantage that allowed Arsenal to score MATCH: Middlesbrough v Brighton, Championship, SaturdayINCIDENT: Brightons Dale Stephens is sent off for a foul on Gaston Ramirez. The referee initially pulls the yellow card out of his pocket but appears to change his mind after seeing a gash on Ramirezs leg.GALLAGHERS VIEW: This is such a debatable incident. He sees the outcome of the tackle and when you see an injury like that, I dont see how you can keep the player on the park. You see his leg and if he hadnt been sent off how would you control the rest of the game?He was stretchered off and needed serious medical attention. Its such a nasty injury. Maybe the referee didnt realise at first how serious it was but having realised I think he has taken the right action.GALLAGHERS VERDICT: Correct decision Dale Stephens was sent off for this tackle Also See: City-Arsenal talking points Ranieri urges stars to stay Poch: Forget about Arsenal Live on Sky ' ' '