Morris Peterson said that he hadn't heard the latest trade rumors involving him until a Toronto reporter asked him about it, but said he is not concerned.

"Sometimes people start rumours in the Internet and in newspapers because they want their team to get a certain player."

Andrea Bargnani is starting to show why the Raptors took a chance on the soft-shooting Italian forward with the top pick in the draft.

Chris Bosh had 17 points and 11 rebounds and four other Raptors reached double figures in scoring, and Toronto held on for a 92-83 victory over the slow-starting Pacers on Sunday.

In one of the most intriguing stories of the year, did the official scorer at the Hawks-Raptors game on November 24 potentially alter the outcome of the game?

Some Raptors fans on the RealGM Raptors forum are saying yes, and after reviewing the video evidence they may have a point.

It appears that Raptors guard TJ Ford made a layup which was never actually counted, meaning a four point Hawks lead late in the game was actually two points, which could have changed the way the Raptors played out the games' final possessions.

Forum member "webeye" broken down the sequence within the Raptors' game thread.

It was 85-78 Hawks.

And that's it. The missing 2 points never return.

Footage of the incident can be seen on YouTube.

Despite being injured in various ways all season, first with a sore left heel, and now a sore knee, Chris Bosh will continue to play.

"I don't know what it is," he said yesterday, following the team's morning shootaround at Philips Arena. "But there's no swelling, that's the good thing about it."

Only a risk of further damage to the knee will keep Bosh on the sidelines.

"It's not hindering anything, so that's the good thing. It's just sore," he said. "But I ain't no little girl. I'm a player.

"We're trying to make the playoffs. Ain't got to time to sit out now."

Sam Mitchell's wife and mother-in-law were host to the Raptors' 25-member travelling party as well as friends and family for a total of 50 or so at Mitchell's house in suburban Atlanta on Thursday.  Spirits were high amongst the Raptors' players as they snapped a six-game losing streak on Wednesday.

"Any time you win a game, guys feel better, feel a little more confident," said Mitchell. "Any time you hold a team like [Cleveland] to 12 points [in the fourth quarter], there's not much you can say."

An unidentified member of the Raptors called for the dismissal of Sam Mitchell in print on Wednesday, but the Raptors' head coach continues to dig in and face the criticsm head one.

"I think I know all those guys in the locker room very well ... and I haven't sensed any of that," Mitchell said, of the reported uprising in the ranks. "It does me no Earthly good to sit there and read (something like that). All it can do is sidetrack me from what I have to do."

Morris Peterson was scratched from the Raptors' game against the Cavaliers on Wednesday night because of a slightly torn tendon in his left elbow, ending the longest consecutive games streak in the NBA.

Peterson played in 371 straight games since Feb. 12, 2002.

The elbow has bothered him for more than a week and an MRI on Wednesday showed the slight tear. He's listed as day-to-day.

The Raptors are 2-8 and the Sam Mitchell watch has begun.

"Everything is being evaluated," GM Bryan Colangelo said on Tuesday when asked whether he felt the need to make a shakeup.

"Do I see a need to change the roster? Do I see the need to change the coaching? Everything is being evaluated."

The Raptors return home from a five-game road trip without a single win.  Last season, they began the 2005-2006 campaign with a record of 1-9, compared to this year's 2-8 start.

"It's not close," said Chris Bosh, comparing last season to this. "I think last year we really got down on ourselves. This year, we're not getting down on ourselves."

"I think we just get nervous, just get nervous and uptight, because everybody just wants to win so bad," Chris Bosh said.

Rafael Araujo, who got a rough ride from fans in Toronto in two seasons of spotty play, is being treated normally by fans of the Utah Jazz, primarily because they know him, the ex-Brigham Young Cougar said.

"The fans (in Toronto) didn't know what I can do," Araujo said yesterday. "Here they know what I can do. I was a good player, I've been a good player and I just didn't have the right fair chance."

Araujo wouldn't bite when asked to expand on his opinion he didn't get a fair chance with the Raptors.

"I did my best there, I worked hard for two years," he said. "The coaching staff and the director (general manager) part, I couldn't control that."