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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Toronto Raptors look to improve upon their franchise record start as they host the winless Philadelphia 76ers at Air Canada Centre on Sunday. Toronto has won three in a row and improved to 5-1 for the first time in team lore with Fridays 103-84 victory over the Washington Wizards in the opener of a franchise-record seven-game homestand. Torontos next road game wont be until Nov. 22 at Cleveland. DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points and Terrence Ross added 18 for the Raptors, which shot 43.8 percent and got a triple-double from Kyle Lowry. Lowry finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Lou Williams, a former Sixer, had 13 points off the bench. We played well from start to finish, said Lowry. There were a lot more positives than negatives this game. We can finally say that. The Raptors will also host Orlando, Chicago, Utah, Memphis and Milwaukee, and are 3-0 at Air Canada Centre. The defending Atlantic division champions have won four straight at home dating back to last season. In injury news for the Raptors, forward Amir Johnson (ankle) will return to the lineup. He is averaging 15.0 points and 7.5 rebounds for Toronto, which is averaging 105.3 ppg. Raptors coach Dwane Casey needs three wins to tie Lenny Wilkens (113) for second on the teams all-time coaching victories list. Sam Mitchell holds the record with 156 victories. Dating back to the start of last season, the Raptors are 38-2 when ahead entering the fourth quarter, including a perfect 23-0 at Air Canada Centre. Toronto has won 30 straight games when leading after three quarters. Toronto won all four meetings with Philadelphia last season and are unbeaten in the past three matchups at home in this series. The Raptors are 37-35 all- time against the 76ers. The 76ers are 0-6 and have a three-game tour of Texas on the horizon after visiting the Atlantic Division-rival Raptors. Dallas, Houston and defending champion San Antonio are on the docket for Philadelphia, which started a season 0-7 once before back in 1972-73 (0-15). Philadelphia is 0-2 on the road and went 9-32 away from home last season. It hasnt posted a winning road mark since going 23-18 in 2002-03. The Sixers lost all four games on their recent homestand and couldnt pull off a win against the Chicago Bulls in Fridays 118-115 setback. Tony Wroten led the way with a season-high 31 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Wroten is averaging 22.5 ppg and has scored 20 or more points in four straight and five of six games. Hollis Thompson scored 21 points and both Henry Sims and Luc Mbah a Moute had 16 points. Mbah a Moute came down with a team-best 11 rebounds for the Sixers, who shot 47.3 percent and forced Chicago into 17 turnovers. We want respect, we want to work hard, to have tenacity and spirit that reflects this city, Sixers coach Brett Brown said. The results will follow. 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"I think in the last couple years Ive really kind of taken a step back and stopped and enjoyed what the journey means," Duncan said on the eve of Game 4 of these NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, a series that the Spurs lead 2-1. "I think, as it comes to a close on my career — and I know it is — I appreciate it more." The 38-year-old Duncan has been superb so far in this series, averaging 17.7 points on nearly 65 per cent shooting from the floor. If the Spurs win the championship, it would be Duncans fifth crown. Only 13 players in NBA history havve ever been part of more championship series than that.dddddddddddd And if Spurs coach Gregg Popovich knows Duncans exit plans — this year, next year, or otherwise — hes not tipping his hand. "It will probably be the third quarter of some game on the road some year, and hell feel like hes not as significant and hell walk into the locker room," Popovich said earlier in this series. Before the start of this rematch finals against Miami, Duncan — who has an option for next season at just over $10 million, an absolute bargain by NBA standards for someone at his level of production — said hes not thinking about retirement and doesnt even "care about any of that stuff." On Wednesday, he acknowledged that hes savoring these finals, since nothing about the future is ever guaranteed. "I appreciate every game more," Duncan said. "I appreciate every accomplishment, and everything that we get to go through and every experience, knowing that it might be the last time I do it." ' ' '