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But stringing wins together is not something the Raptors have done well this year. Their longest winning streak was a four-gamer. They've also had two stretches of three straight defeats. It's been a one-step-forward-one-step-back season, which figures, given Toronto's 17-17 record.

What hasn't changed is the importance of that first rule Moon learned. "Always listen to Sam," Moon says without hesitation. "If I do that everything else will be okay. I don't try to do anything otherwise," he said.

Moon said if the opportunity comes to show off his best dunks, he won't disappoint.

"I've got a few up my sleeve," Moon said. "I just want to do something that is good. If I do something that someone has done before, that's fine, as long as I do it better. Just add a different twist to it. There really aren't that many dunks left (that haven't been done). You just have to take a dunk and add your own little twist to it."

And while club president Bryan Colangelo confirmed yesterday that Toronto would guarantee the final third of Martin's one-year contract