Vince Carter and Jerome Williams practised yesterday for the Raptors and each is expected to start tonight in New Jersey against the Nets.

Carter was forced to leave Sunday's game in Orlando when Magic forward Pat Garrity's elbow hit Carter's nose in the third quarter on a three-pointer.

Carter returned in the fourth quarter but wasn't a factor.

Williams has been playing through a painful ankle sprain for weeks and it was aggravated against the Magic. He badly sprained his right ankle when the Raptors visited the Jersey swamps on Feb. 2.