(SportsNetwork.com) - The Eastern Conference-leading Toronto Raptors are back in the great white north for a brief moment and will host the Dallas Mavericks Friday night from Air Canada Centre. The Raptors are 13-2 and have won six in a row, including Wednesdays 126-115 beatdown of the Hawks in Atlanta. DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Lou Williams added 22 and Greivis Vasquez scored 21 points for the Raptors, who shot 51.2 percent and scored 30 or more points in three of four quarters. The Raptors made 14 of their 29 3-pointers and the 126 points scored were a season high. We knew they (Hawks) played last night, said Raptors head coach Dwane Casey. We knew we were going to come out and put the pedal to the metal. It paid dividends for us. Kyle Lowry had 14 points and dished out 13 assists, and is posting an average of 17.8 points, 8.2 assists and 5.6 rebounds over the last five games. Torontos bench scored 52 points and has posted 50 or more in three of the last four games. It is 11-0 this season when leading after three quarters. The Raptors are a sizzling 9-1 at Air Canada Centre and have won four in a row there. The nine home wins are the most in the NBA. The Raptors are second in the NBA with 108.0 points per game and are posting 106.4 ppg at home. After hosting the Mavericks, Toronto will head west for three games against the Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz. Toronto will wear its retro purple uniforms Friday for the second time as part of its 20th Anniversary Nights. The Mavericks will play their next four games on the road against Toronto, Philadelphia, Chicago and Milwaukee, and are 4-3 outside of Big D. Dallas lost two in a row following a six-game winning streak, but rebounded with Wednesdays 109-102 overtime victory over the New York Knicks. Knicks star Carmelo Anthony did not play and Dallas took advantage. Future Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-best 30 points and former Knick Tyson Chandler was a monster with an NBA-high 25 rebounds (10 on offense) and 17 points. He was ready for this game. He had a major impact on it, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said of Chandler. Dallas was 7-3 last season when Nowitzki scored at least 30 points and leads the NBA with 109.3 ppg. The Mavs are second in the league with a 48.3 field goal percentage. The Mavs, who shot 40 percent from the floor, had a 56-53 rebounding advantage and posted 29 points off 22 New York turnovers. Dallas, which scored 50 points in the paint to New Yorks 24 points inside, used a 9-0 run and forced six Knicks turnovers to pull away in the extra session (14-7). Carlisle needs one win for 300 (299-193) with the Mavericks. Don Nelson and Dick Motta are the other Dallas coaches with 300 or more wins. Dallas lost both meetings with Toronto last season and is 14-6 in the past 20 games in this series. The Raptors are unbeaten in the last three encounters between the teams. The Mavs are winless in two straight and three of the past four trips to Canada. DeRozan averaged 27.5 points, 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in two games against the Mavericks last season. Garrett Bradbury Vikings Jersey . NORRIS COLE (Heat): Its funny, you watch a guy play and now really produce and it just jumps off the page at you - why? You put a young player with potential in a winning environment where there is veteran leadership, outstanding coaching and management and a way that things are done and its a wonderful environment for growth, improvement in a climate of constant accountability and expectation of achievement/production. John Randle Womens Jersey . The Toronto Argonauts running back hurt his left ankle during the teams practice Friday afternoon at Rogers Centre. http://www.authenticvikingspro.com/Chris...vikings-jersey/. 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They stormed back and got a six or seven (point) lead on us, but we played really hard tonight.The Jazz seemed in control after a 15-3 run, taking a 101-92 lead on two free throws by Hayward with 2:35 remaining. But the Bucks pulled within the final score on Jared Dudleys 3-pointer from the top right with 1:29 left.The Bucks had a final opportunity when an officials review awarded them the ball out of bounds under the basket with 7.1 seconds left. Brandon Knight missed a jumper with two seconds left and Zaza Pachulia missed the tip-in at the buzzer.We had opportunities, but youve got to give them credit, Dudley said. Gordon (Hayward) was aggressive the whole game, got to the foul line. We had some shots at the end, but this has been happening to us, losing these home games. We understand we dont have a huge home-court advantage because weve got to win fans over, keep winning, keep playing hard, and that will come.Enes Kantner, who had 24 points and 17 rebounds in Utahs 106-92 loss at Cleveland Wednesday, had 23 points and 16 rebounds in this one. Dante Exum, the fifth overall pick in the draft, scored a career-high 15 points on five 3-pointers in just his second start in 43 games for the Jazz.I just tried to step into my shots and do what I do normally, said Exum. Its the same routine. They just happened to fall tonight.Knight and Dudley had 16 points apiece for Milwaukee, which has now failed to score 100 points for 10 straight games. The Bucks have lost six of their last seven home games since Dec. 13.They are a good team, and obviously a very, veery good defensive team, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said.dddddddddddd I feel like we play hard and we compete. Tonight we had some shots fall, and we didnt shoot ourselves in the foot with the turnovers too many times.Hayward was 10-of-12 from the free-throw line, the same as the entire Bucks team. Overall, the Jazz made 23 of 28 free throws and also were 14 of 31 from beyond the arc. Milwaukee made 5-of-13 three-point attempts.We were exchanging baskets and then they made a lot of free throws, Pachulia said. We put them on the line a lot and it definitely wasnt good for us. They stayed in the game and then were able to extend the lead by hitting a couple of threes.The Bucks erased a 53-47 halftime deficit with a pair of third-quarter spurts.They opened the period with a 7-2 run to pull within 55-54. After a Rudy Gobert dunk made it 57-54, the Bucks answered with an 11-1 burst, opening a 65-58 lead on Giannis Antetokounmpos drive down the lane.Utah scored the first six points of the second period for its biggest lead of the half at 32-16.Two free throws by Rudy Gobert put the Jazz up 52-42, but the Bucks whittled the lead to 53-47 at the half. Milwaukees reserves outscored the starters 26-21 in the first half.TIP-INSJazz: Forward Derrick Favours, averaging 15.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, was not with the team due to personal reasons. Jazz officials did not give out any further details on Favours, who played Wednesday night in Cleveland, scoring 12 points in a 106-92 loss.Bucks: Milwaukee had not scored 100 points in any of its last nine games since a 104-94 victory at Charlotte on Dec. 29. Its not a concern, said Bucks coach Jason Kidd. We play both ends and we are proud of that. We try to hold teams to under 100 points and we have been able to do that a couple of times this year. We arent an offensive juggernaut of a team, and a lot of games have been close.UP NEXTJazz: Host Brooklyn on Saturday nightBucks: Host Detroit on Saturday night. ' ' '