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TORONTO - Jonas Valanciunas called it a cold shower — a harsh early-season lesson that brought the Toronto Raptors back down to earth Thursday night. LaAdrian Waddle Jersey .The Raptors dropped a 100-93 decision to the Chicago Bulls in a battle for first place in the Eastern Conference. It was Torontos first loss in six games, and first loss at home in whats been a feel-good early-season story.Its a good experience, coming off the win streak. Thats good, Valanciunas said. Make us regroup and be strong in the next game.Kyle Lowry scored 20 points to lead the Raptors (7-2), who coughed up the game with a dreadful third quarter. James Johnson was big off the bench, with 16 points, five rebounds, four steals and four blocks.The third quarter did us in, said Raptors coach Dwane Casey. They got us on our heels and we stayed on our heels.You know thats the kind of game youre going to have against them. Its a hard game to officiate and its a hard game to play. But youve got to make a muscle and fight through the physicality, the bumps, the grinds. . . we didnt meet that challenge in the third quarter. Amir Johnson had 14 points, while Terrence Ross finished with 12 points.Pau Gasol scored 27 to lead the Bulls (7-2), while Jimmy Butler finished with 21, and Derrick Rose scored 20 before leaving the game with 1:53 left with a left hamstring injury.I guess it was cramps in my hamstrings, said Rose, whod missed most of the previous two seasons with knee injuries. I think it is minor and they decided to pull me out.The Raptors led by nine points late in the second quarter, but the Bulls lit it up in third, outscoring Toronto 25-14 in the frame, punctuated with a 27-10 run, to send them into the fourth with a 80-66 lead.When Joakim Noah fed a wide-open Taj Gibson for a dunk early in the fourth, it put the Bulls up by 16, eliciting groans from the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd of 19,800 that included actor Donald Sutherland and Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel.A running layup by Rose put the Bulls up by 18 with 5:03 to play. Lowry — whose collision with a fan seated courtside left him wiping off remnants of an ice cream sandwich — drained a long jumper with 3:05 to go to make it a 10-point game.With the fans on their feet, Ross connected on a three to pull Toronto within seven, then a James Johnson block led to an Amir Johnson dunk, and the deficit was five points.But Mike Dunleavys two free throws with a minute left put the Bulls back up by seven, then it was a matter of the clock running out on Toronto.You find out you really arent as good. . ., James Johnson said. But none of us have big heads in here, all of us strive to get better every game regardless of whether we win or lose, we look at film regardless of whether we win or lose, and learn from the mistakes.The game marked the first time the Raptors hosted a nationally-televised game on TNT since the Raptors hosted Orlando — Vince Carter vs. Tracy McGrady — in 2002. And the Air Canada Centre dressed up for the occasion, unfurling the giant We the North banner.The noise was reminiscent of last seasons playoff games, but all the ACCs cheering couldnt lift Toronto to a victory.Lowry said the game was a good gauge of where the Raptors are at — and where they need to get to.Just know thats what weve got to get up to, that physicality, that type of defensive intensity, that type of offence that they could go to a couple of different guys who could take over games at different points, Lowry said.Torontos all-star DeMar DeRozan struggled through another uncharacteristically low-scoring night, making just three of 17 shots for 10 points.Its fine, Im not worried about it at all, DeRozan said. These games, theyre going to happen, especially now. Ive just got to learn from it, not get down on it, get frustrated. Two years ago, Id think it was the end of the world, but were only eight games in. Id rather have these games now than later on.It was a strong game for Rose, whose two sprained ankles had kept him out of half of Chicagos games, to this point. Rose played in just 49 games total in the last two seasons, due to knee injuries.We have a good team, we had the game up by 10 by then so why force it, Rose said, on the decision to leave the game. I overstepped, just stretched out a little bit more with my left leg. It just comes with the process I guess of missing two years.The two teams were evenly matched through a first quarter that saw eight lead changes, and neither team lead by more than three points. The Bulls took a 25-24 lead into the second.James Johnson scored 12 points in a second quarter that saw the Raptors second unit contributing 18 of Torontos 22 points. Greivis Vasquez fed Johnson for a dunk that put the Raptors up by eight midway through the frame, then Patrick Patterson drained a three with 38 seconds to go, and Toronto headed to the dressing room up 52-45 at halftime.A running dunk by Jonas Valanciunas early in the fourth put Toronto up by five, but then the wheels fell off. Gasol and Dunleavy scored eight points apiece in the quarter to lead a charging Bulls team that took a 14-point lead into the fourth.The Raptors host Utah on Saturday, then Memphis on Wednesday. Their homestand ends Nov. 21 when they host Milwaukee.NOTES: The Raptors last TNT game was April 16, 2013 in Atlanta after an Indiana-Boston game was cancelled due to the Boston marathon bombing. . . The Raptors previous best start to the season was 4-1 in 2004-05.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version reported that the We the North banner had not been unfurled since the playoffs. Mike Gillislee Jersey . -- Having already fallen behind because of the NFL lockout, Blaine Gabbert couldnt afford a lengthy holdout. Cyrus Jones Jersey . Marcus Olsson, 23, joins Blackburn on a free transfer from Swedens Halmstads. He made 139 appearances and scored 17 goals in his four years with the club. He earned his first caps for Sweden this month, featuring against Bahrain and Qatar. http://www.officialnewenglandpatriotsfootball.com/authentic-trent-brown-jersey-womens . PETERSBURG, Fla.SAO PAULO -- Brazilian organizers have completed another World Cup stadium. Yet there was little reason to celebrate Wednesday amid doubts about when or even if the remaining five venues will be ready in time for footballs showcase tournament in June. The Arena das Dunas in the northeastern city of Natal was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who took a symbolic first kick in front of a few thousand people. The event came a day after organizers admitted there is a serious risk the southern city of Curitiba might be dropped from the tournament because of lagging stadium construction. Brazils World Cup organizing committee admitted FIFA might have to consider reshuffling the tournaments matches, which would be an embarrassment for the country and disastrous for footballs governing body as more than 1 million game tickets have already been sold. "We know we had several warnings but it seems that these warnings were not taken seriously," Jose Maria Marin, the committees president, told reporters. "Its a difficult situation." Brazil promised to deliver all 12 World Cup stadiums by the end of 2013, but five are still under construction and at least two of those will not be ready until about two months before the tournaments June 12 start. One of those two is the Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo, which is supposed to host the World Cups opening match. In Natal, work was being done until the last minute before the inauguration of the Arena das Dunas, a 42,000-capacity stadium hosting four matches in the World Cups opening round — Mexico vs. Cameroon, Ghana vs. United States, Japan vs. Greece and Italy vs. Uruguay. The pace of stadium construction is likely to be on the agenda when Rousseff meets with FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Thursday. The delay in building the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba is the biggest problem so far. FIFA and local organizers will make another evaluation there Feb. 18, but even if Curitiba is kept as a host city, the stadium isnt likely to be ready until a few weeks before the World Cup. "t;We cant believe in the worst. Drew Bledsoe Jersey. . On the contrary, I believe that the governor, the mayor and the entrepreneurs responsible for the stadium in Curitiba will have it ready in time," Rousseff said. "I have to bet in favour of that, not against." The Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo is where two workers were killed late last year when a crane collapsed while hoisting a huge roofing structure. It isnt expected to be done until mid-April. Officials say the three other unfinished stadiums will be ready before then, but the timing remains unclear. Organizers were hoping to have the first match at the renovated Beira-Rio stadium in the southern city of Porto Alegre on Jan. 29, but civil defence officials monitoring construction said Wednesday there might not be enough time to get everything ready by then. The Arena Pantanal in the wetlands city of Cuiaba was listed as 90 per cent complete going into January. The Arena da Amazonia in the jungle city of Manaus, where a worker fell to his death from about 115 feet (35 metres) up in December, was about 95 per cent ready. There also have been problems at some of the stadiums already completed. The roof leaks at the stadium in the capital of Brasilia, and there are concerns about the condition of its playing field. On Wednesday, FIFA inspectors recommended officials reduce the number of matches scheduled there before the World Cup to preserve the grass. Also Wednesday, Brazilian authorities announced that the 12 host cities will have integrated command centres to provide security during the monthlong tournament. The estimated $14 billion that Brazil is spending to put on the World Cup has been one of the targets of anti-government protests that erupted last year, and several times demonstrators clashed with police trying to reach stadium sites. On Wednesday, during the inauguration ceremony for the Arena das Dunas, nearly 300 demonstrators gathered outside the stadium to protest the tournaments cost, local media reported. Globo TV said some protesters vandalized a car. Associated Press writer Marco Sibaja in Brasilia contributed to this report. 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