Updated: December 22, 2008, 2:24 PM ET
Hollinger's Insider Gems: Dec. 22, 2008
John Hollinger gives us five observations for Monday.
Five more items from around the league:
1. The Raptors are officially in crisis mode after losing to the lowly Thunder on Friday 91-83. Chief among the concerns is Chris Bosh's recent performance. Bosh averaged 26.4 points and 10.2 boards on 54.1 percent shooting in November. Amazingly, he hasn't hit that point total even once in 12 December outings, and the Raps have won only twice this month.
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