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TORONTO - The Raptors knocked down 10 of their first 12 shots, two days after missing 10 of their first 12 attempts. They reached the 100-point plateau for the fourth time in five games, bested the visiting Trail Blazers by 34 in the paint and scored 19 of the final 25 points in regulation. Despite all the aforementioned improvements over Fridays embarrassing defeat to the Bulls, they still picked up their seventh loss in 11 games to begin the season. The culprit of their demise on Sunday afternoon was the three-point shot. "Its tough when theyre knocking down shots like that," said Rudy Gay, after the Blazers went 15-for-32 from three-point range in their 118-110 overtime victory. "No matter how much we rotated, moved around and switched, its tough to [beat] that, when a team has it going like that." Portland entered the game fifth in three-point shooting at 41 per cent and its shooters were red-hot from start to finish. Four Blazers hit three or more treys and they outscored the Raptors, who shot 3-of-17, by 36 from beyond the arc. As a result, Portland extended its lead to as many as 17 before the home team cracked down on defence and Gay took over. Gay, who scored 30 points to go along with 10 rebounds in the game, engineered a 19-6 Raptors run to close out the fourth quarter. Gay had 10 points in that stretch, including the buzzer-beating lay-up that tied the game at 102 and forced overtime. It was his sixth go-ahead or game-tying basket in the final 10 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime in the past four seasons, passing Carmelo Anthony for most in the league. "It was go-time," Gay said of the comeback that ultimately fell short in extra time. "Of course, the whole game you have to play like its go-time but when youre backs against the wall, you have to pick it up and find a way to get the win." In overtime, the three broke Torontos back again as Portland hit three of five attempts and held the Raptors to 2-of-12 shooting overall. Ball movement, or lack thereof Gay and DeMar DeRozan attempted 54 of Torontos 94 field goals - 27 each - but they combined for just three assists. Despite his game-high 30 points, Gay was held without an assist and despite Kyle Lowrys 10 dimes - to go along with 10 points - only three Raptors registered a helper. "We definitely want there to be movement," Casey acknowledged after the game. "We have out limitations from that standpoint but we want to move the ball, set screens [and] move the ball from side-to-side. Again, weve got to do a better job of that; thats where weve got to find ourselves offensively." Treading water A year ago, the Raptors dug themselves an insurmountable hole after a tumultuous early-season schedule got the best of them. By the time the schedule eased up and their fortunes began to turn, it was too late. Now, as they navigate through a similarly challenging start to the campaign, they thrive to avoid making that same mistake. "We want to make sure were at sea level when the schedule does balance out and not be so far behind that we cant catch up," Casey said Saturday following an afternoon practice. "We want to make sure were treading water and not get so far behind the eight ball while were trying to find out who we are." Fortunately for the Raptors, theyre not the only ones trying to find their identity early in the season. Heading into Sundays action, only four teams in the East (Indiana, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta) boasted records above .500, and at 4-7, Toronto finds itself in the thick of the Eastern Conference and just one game out of first in its division, where the Nets and Knicks are also struggling. "The league hasnt gone anywhere and thats what I tell our players," said Casey. 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Though the 26-year-old said he was able to participate, coach Dwane Casey kept Johnson out as a precaution.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New Englands offensive line was a work in progress that wasnt showing much progress.The player the Patriots could least afford to lose was under pressure in the very first game behind a rebuilt line that had just lost its toughest blocker.Four sacks of Tom Brady in that 33-20 loss to the Miami Dolphins 12 days after six-time Pro Bowl left guard Logan Mankins was traded to Tampa Bay didnt bode well.But the linemen stayed confident as they grew accustomed to their first-year assistant coach Dave DeGuglielmo and are ready for Saturdays divisional playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens.Its just a matter of going through a lot of things together and gaining that familiarity, left tackle Nate Solder said after that game. I think it will all work together as long as we continue to do the things that were coached to do.The cohesion and communication improved as the season went on.The Patriots (12-4) allowed 10 sacks in the first four games, going 2-2. They finally settled on a starting line in the fifth game and allowed just 16 sacks in the final 12 games with a 10-2 record.Thats 26 total sacks, 14 fewer than the Patriots allowed last season.The big thing is communication and working together, said Dan Connolly, the teams most veteran lineman who started the first three games at centre before settling in at Mankins position. Were kind of the team within the team. The five of us have got to work together in our blocking combinations.That togetherness will be tested Saturday against one of the NFLs most aggressive pass rushing teams.The Ravens (11-6) were tied for second with 49 sacks. A bunch of those came with just three or four pass rushers.Were blessed with a number of guys that can really rush the passer, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. It gives you one extra guy in coverage. So the fewer guys you can send to get pressure on the quarterback, the better off youre going to be.At least admitted plodder Brady has shown a greater tendency to scramble this season.He had his longest run since 2007 in the 14th ggame, a 41-13 victory over Miami.ddddddddddddrady ran 17 yards for a first down before taking a hard hit that knocked him out of bounds at the Dolphins 3-yard line. On the next play, the Patriots scored on LeGarrette Blounts 3-yard run for a 21-13 lead on the first possession of the third quarter.Against the Ravens, Brady will try to avoid Elvis Dumervil, who had 17 sacks, Terrell Suggs, who had 12, and the rest of their pass rushers.They do a great job getting after the quarterback, Brady said. They blitz a decent amount of times, so were going to need to be able to move around in the pocket and try to buy ourselves a little more time. All of these guys can still run me down. It doesnt matter. Im still slower than all of those guys.The emergence of rookie centre Bryan Stork was critical to the lines improvement. Hes been helped by having former centres Connolly and Ryan Wendell on either side of him.Connolly said Stork is growing up and becoming a good professional.Weve got to let him just run the show. Hes the centre. Hes got to do those sorts of things, Connolly said. But it always helps to have guys next to you that know whats going on.When Connolly missed a Jets game with a knee injury, Brady was sacked four times. Connolly and right tackle Sebastian Vollmer (back injury) missed the last game and the Patriots allowed four sacks, three against backup Jimmy Garoppolo.Both linemen might have played in the finale had the Patriots not clinched the AFCs top seed before that 17-9 loss to Buffalo.Brady will need all five regulars against the Ravens.All of those guys are tied together. That job is tough to do, Brady said. Theyve got the best athletes, maybe in the world, sitting on the other side trying to go kill the quarterback and theyve got to do everything they can to defend and not hold.And keep Brady safe.Its a lot of pressure on us, Connolly said. 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