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Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey has called the NBA a make-or-miss league. This season the Raptors have been making, and winning.Toronto, which visits the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night, entered Tuesdays games leading the NBA in offensive efficiency, averaging 114.9 points per 100 possessions. Thats a fraction of a point better than the explosive Golden State Warriors.The Raptors are also second in the league in field goal percentage (47.6), tied for first with Cleveland in 3-point percentage (40.1) and tied with San Antonio for the lead in free-throw percentage (81.8).Torontos 122-100 rout of Milwaukee on Monday night was its ninth victory in the last 10 games, vaulting the Raptors 10 games over .500 for the first time this season, at 17-7. They lead the Atlantic Division and are second in the Eastern Conference only to the Cavaliers, who beat them in last years conference finals.DeMar DeRozan poured in 30 points against the Bucks and is fifth in the NBA in scoring at 27.9 per game. Terrence Ross added a season-high 25 in 21 minutes off the bench.I mean, we have a whole bunch of great scorers, so when anybody gets going, its infectious, Ross told the Toronto Star. Everybody kind of gets in a rhythm -- once you make a shot, somebody else makes a shot. Its a good feeling. I think that kind of spreads throughout the team.Ross sank 10 of 17 shots against Milwaukee, including 4 of 6 3-pointers. Toronto was 14-of-25 from the arc in all.Point guard Kyle Lowry, a Philadelphia native, has been particularly hot of late. 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The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p.MADISON, Wis. -- Linebacker Jack Cichy, the leading tackler for No. 11 Wisconsin, will miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral muscle.The injury is the latest setback for a defense that has weathered adversity to remain one of the stingiest units in the country.The Badgers (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten) are ranked fourth in the country in scoring defense (14.3 points per game) and ninth in total defense (300.6 yards). They play No. 7 Nebraska on Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadium.Cichy got hurt in the first half of Wisconsins 17-9 win on Saturday over Iowa. Cichy hit the ground while sliding out of bounds after tackling Iowa running back Akrum Wadley following an 11-yard gain to the Wisconsin 29 with 5 seconds left.He returned to play in the second half before leaving for good in the fourth quarter. Cichy, who wore a wrap around his shoulder and left chest after the injury, had trouble lunging for ball carrierss and wrapping up for tackles.ddddddddddddHe didnt hurt it worse by (playing in the second half), I do know that, coach Paul Chryst said.Linebacker Vince Biegel, who just returned from a foot injury, said Cichy couldnt lift his left arm after the game.Cichy finishes the season with 60 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks. Hes the second starting linebacker to get knocked out for the season for the Badgers, after Chris Orr got hurt in the season opener against LSU.Of course youre going to miss them, missing two starters and two emotional guys, leaders of your team, Chryst said. Thats also an opportunity for others to step up.---This version corrects that Wisconsin is fourth in the country in scoring defense and ninth in total defense.---Online:AP College Football site: http://collegefootball.ap.org/ ' ' '