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The Toronto Raptors have officially filed a protest with the league office to challenge the controversial ending of their loss Sunday night at Sacramento.The Raptors, despite their seemingly remote hopes of a ruling in their favor, formally lodged their protest Tuesday night and will have five business days to present evidence to the NBA, after which the league will have five days to make a ruling.The Raptors went ahead with the protest, at a cost of $10,000, even after the league office released a statement Tuesday reiterating that the ruling Sunday night made by the leagues replay center in Secaucus, New Jersey, was the correct call.Theyre in contact with the league office and they will decide what direction to go into with that, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said Wednesday before his team faced the Houston Rockets. I know Ive gotten a lot of calls from coaches around the league.Following a timeout with 2.4 seconds to go in regulation and the Raptors trailing by three points at the Kings new Golden 1 Center, Torontos Terrence Ross took control of a pass deflected by Sacramentos DeMarcus Cousins, took two dribbles and sank a 33-footer that appeared to force overtime until a replay review determined that the elapsed play took 2.5 seconds, ruling out Ross shot.When Terrence caught the ball near half court, he knew he only had a couple of seconds to shoot the ball before time expired, but he also knew he had a clock above the backboard to glance up at as time winded down, Raptors president Masai Ujiri told the Toronto Star. Unfortunately, the clock he needed to look at was in New Jersey.In his statement Tuesday, NBA president of league operations Byron Spruell said: After review at the league office, we have concluded that the end of the game was officiated correctly by NBA rules. We reviewed all aspects of the final 27.4 seconds and below is a summary of our evaluation.Toronto inbounded the ball with 2.4 seconds remaining in the game, and the clock did not start when the pass was deflected by Sacramentos DeMarcus Cousins. Per the NBAs precision timing system, the clock can be started by either the referees or the clock operator. The referees noticed the clock malfunction immediately which triggered a replay review under rule 13.1.a.5, which states that a review must occur if a play concludes (i) with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of any period or (ii) at a point when the game officials believe that actual time may have expired in any period; and the officials are reasonably certain that the game clock malfunctioned during the play.Per rule 13.2.e.1, the Replay Center was then tasked with determining the proper time (if any) on the game clock following the clock malfunction by determining how much time on the game clock actually expired. To determine how much time actually expired, Replay Center referee Zach Zarba used a digital timer on the Replay Center screen. The determination was that 2.5 seconds expired, thus negating the basket.We also reviewed the question surrounding the time left on the clock for Sacramentos final possession. That possession started with 26.4 seconds remaining on the game clock since that is when Cousins secured possession of the rebound after a missed free throw. The subsequent shot clock violation on the Kings possession therefore left 2.4 seconds remaining in the game.Spruells statement was the second from the league office since Sunday night that the referees on the floor and the officials in charge of the replay review made the right calls. The fact that there has only been one successful protest in the NBA over the last 33 years, dating to the 1982-83 season, would appear to further dampen the Raptors hopes.In the event that the Raptors do manage to change the leagues mind, its unclear when the final 2.4 seconds of the game could be replayed, since Toronto and Sacramento have already played twice this month, thus completing the teams season series.ESPNs Calvin Watkins contributed to this report. Steven Matz Jersey .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Wilson Ramos Jersey . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. http://www.metssale.com/mets-dwight-gooden-jersey/ . Louis Cardinals. Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness. 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Understandably, he views the game through a pitchers eyes and knows this park is filled with difficulties for a staff.Its just a different game here than other spots, Black said. But its still baseball. ... Im not planning anything unconventional. I like the conventional. I like good, solid starting pitching, a good, solid relief core. That works anywhere.Black knows this park well after serving as manager of NL West rival San Diego for 8 + seasons before being fired in June 2015. He compiled a 649-713 record for the Padres and was voted NL Manager of the Year in 2010.With the Rockies, Black inherits a potent offense that includes a batting champion in DJ LeMahieu, sluggers Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez and rising star Trevor Story.Not that hes going to offer them much advice. Instead, hell stick with what he knows best -- pitching.After a major league career that spanned 15 seasons on the mound, Black became a respected pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels. He brings a wealth of experience to a team thats long struggled to get outs in Denver, which is a mile above sea level.Colorado as a team had a 4.91 ERA last season, tied with Cincinnati for 13th out of 15 National League teams. Arizona (5.09) was the only club that was worse.But the Rockies feature a young and talented rotation led by Jon Gray.The first order of business will be shoring up a bullpen that blew 28 savees last season.dddddddddddd.Were aware of where were at and where we need to get to, said Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich, who also stressed the importance of adding a first baseman. Buds experience and his expertise absolutely adds into that, and lends to us to being better than we have been recently on the bump.Over the years, Colorados kept a close watch on the development of teams such as Kansas City, Cleveland, Houston and St. Louis. Good pitching, clutch hitting, lights-out bullpen -- theyre trying to emulate that sort of blueprint.We try to be in tune with them as much as possible, Bridich said. Theres a difference between talented and good. We have talent. The next step is to become a good team -- a good and consistent team.Bridich interviewed quite a few internal and external candidates before tabbing Black as the seventh manager in franchise history. He got a thumbs-up from owner Dick Monfort, who made a list of eight or nine qualities he wanted to see his next manager embody.I went down that list and checked a lot of them off (with Black), Monfort said. Ive always watched him manage at San Diego. He seems to be a tough guy. He understands the game, obviously has a lot of experience. I think that fits well.On a recent visit to town, Black had a meeting with the Rockies staff in a stadium suite. Hanging on the wall was a picture of Colorado players celebrating with former Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday after he scored the winning run during a 2007 play-in game to beat Black and his Padres. The Rockies rode that wave of momentum all the way to their only World Series appearance.But there was a little bit of controversy about whether Holliday actually touched home plate on his winning slide in the 13th inning. Black weighed in with his opinion.To this day, I dont think hes touched it, joked Black, who posed for pictures Monday right next to home plate. That was a good group. ... Were going to do everything to get back to where this team was in 2007. ' ' '