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(Sports Network) - The Toronto Raptors will look to solidify their playoff positionnig when they travel to Atlanta to take on the Hawks at Philips Arena. Authentic Chicago Bulls Jersey . Toronto will wrap up a two-game road trip tonight, and is 16-21 away from Canada this season. The playoff-bound Raptors ended a six-game losing streak as the guest with Mondays 104-100 triumph at Charlotte Bobcats Arena in the opener of the swing. The Raptors can clinch a playoff spot tonight with a win over the Hawks and a loss by the Indiana Pacers to the Boston Celtics. Chris Bosh scored 32 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Raptors, who are currently tied with Washington for fifth in the Eastern Conference standings. Anthony Parker scored 20 points and Rasho Nesterovic added 14, as the Raptors won for the third time in their last four games overall. They are closing in on their second straight playoff berth. Wednesdays game between the Raptors and Hawks is the third and final meeting of the regular season. Toronto is 2-0 so far in the 2007-08 series and has won four straight and nine of the previous 12 matchups. The Hawks are looking for their fifth straight win against the Raptors. Atlanta currently sits in the eighth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference - just three games ahead of the Indiana Pacers and 3 1/2 games in front of the New Jersey Nets. The Hawks will also host the Philadelphia 76ers on the current homestand, and are 24-13 at home in 2007-08. The Hawks posted their third win in a row after Mondays 116-99 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum. Josh Smith recorded 26 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals for Atlanta, which is shooting for its first five-game winning streak since December 15 - 26 this season. Joe Johnson and Al Horford each netted 19 points in the win. Atlanta will put its five-game home winning streak on the line this evening. If the Hawks win tonight, they will match their highest single-season win total since the 1997-98 campaign. The last time they qualified for the postseason was during the strike-shortened 1998-99 season. Toronto has also won two straight, five of six and seven of its last nine games on the road in this series. Von Miller Jersey . Williams also had 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Andre Iguodala tallied 22 points and seven assists for the Sixers. Philadelphia swept the season series from the Warriors for the first time since the 2000-01 season. Henrik Zetterberg Premier Jersey . The Maple Leafs last hosted the NHL All-Star Weekend at Air Canada Centre in 2000. 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Just when you want someone to brag about their success, they praise their defeated opponent and downplay their own efforts. Mark Recchi was the Boston Bruins hero Monday night in their 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres that gave Boston a 2-1 series lead in their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series.Concord, MA (Sports Network) - Jeff Sluman fired an eight-under 64 Sunday to jump past Loren Roberts and win the Bank of America Championship. Sluman ended the event at 17-under-par 199, one shot off the tournament scoring record. The win for Sluman was his first on the Champions Tour and first since he claimed his sixth and final PGA Tour crown at the 2002 Greater Milwaukee Open. "I played very well today," said Sluman, who collected $247,500. "Loren put up a heck of a fight and he played terrific, too." Roberts, who led by one entering the round, posted a five-under 67 to end alone in second place at 15-under-par 201. Dana Quigley (6 and Mark McNulty (70) shared third place at minus-11, while John Cook (6 took fifth at 10-under-par 206. The final round was completed despite a one-hour, 40-minute weather delay at Nashawtuc Country Club. Roberts and Sluman both were on fire early. Sluman birdied the first from six feet out, but Roberts responded with an 18-foot birdie putt on the second to regain his one-shot lead. Both players converted birdie putts on three and four. Sluman capped a run of three straight birdies with a two-putt birdie at the fifth to again grab a piece of the lead. Roberts moved to 14-under with a six-foot birddie at the sixth. Nene Hilario Swingman Jersey. Sluman, who parred four in a row from the sixth, drained a 10-footer for birdie at 10 to join Roberts atop the leaderboard at minus-14. Sluman again carded four straight pars from the 11th. He dropped his approach to 13 feet at the 15th and converted the birdie putt to move one ahead of Roberts. Roberts could not get anything after his par on the sixth. He reeled off 11 consecutive pars from the seventh. Sluman poured in a 30-footer for birdie at the 17th and came right back with a 34-foot birdie putt at the last to seal the win. "I am very, very happy to finally win," Sluman admitted. "I started off fast and finished fast, too. Anytime you win and get over a hurdle its special. It never gets old." Roberts, one of three multiple winners from last year that are winless this year, closed with a birdie at the last. "The rain delay changed the momentum," Roberts admitted. "But Jeff played terrific today. Maybe a little turning point came when I missed my birdie putt on 10. I shot 67, but missed some putts." Keith Fergus ended alone in sixth at nine-under-par 207 after a final-round 70. Lonnie Nielsen, Chip Beck, John Morse and Bobby Wadkins were one shot back at minus-eight. Wholesale Jerseys ' ' '