TORONTO - Sitting in the home of assistant coach Bill Bayno one February evening, Jonas Valanciunas fretted over the slump that had befallen him. "Im not scoring," the young centre griped, as he and his most devoted mentor watched film, hoping to get to the bottom of the recent on-court funk that was beginning to wear on his confidence. JV, youre 21-years-old," Bayno responded. "Theres no centres in the league your age that are even playing much less averaging 10 points a game. Youve had great games [but] when you have a two-point game, going up against a really good, tough [centre], you cant get upset about it." His message, the teams message, has never wavered. "Youve got to do the other things to help us win." With that in mind Bayno put pen to paper, drawing up a list of attainable goals for Valanciunas, a cheat sheet consisting of basic fundamentals that can now be found taped to the right side of his locker. Outwork, outrun, sprint[Set] great, legal screensStep to [your] manBlock out And it goes on like that. "He got really down on himself when he went through that tough stretch," Bayno explained. "So we just really sat down and talked and [I] said, look, its no secret, JV, these are the things youve got to do." "Youre going to have some ups and downs," he told the second-year pro, "but Im going to write it in your locker, so every day before the game you see, this is what you have to do on a nightly basis." "Everything thats on that sheet is what we work on." Its a simplistic tool but one that the Raptors first-year assistant feels strongly about, one that has yielded proven results throughout his coaching career. Admired for his innovative player development techniques and his passion for molding young talent, Bayno first adopted this method of teaching on one of his regular trips to Africa, about a decade ago. There he met Michael Scholl. The two would become good friends and Bayno eventually hired Scholl as his assistant at Loyola Marymount University in 2008. Scholl - who spent eight years in Africa running an AIDS prevention campaign and implementing youth basketball leagues - introduced Bayno to an old Harvard study, something he used himself to motivate the children he taught there. The study correlated the success of students with writing down their goals and displaying them in their dorms. Bayno, like Scholl before him, applied that principle to basketball. "Having those goals, having them written out where they see them every day I think is huge and its been proven," said Bayno, who is also planning on employing that strategy with the Raptors other sophomore, Terrence Ross. "The vets dont need it. The vets will laugh at you if you try to do it. They really dont need it anyway. I could say to Chuck (Hayes), remember five games ago, you had that kick out situation, you missed a kick out. Hell say, yep, and hell know exactly the play. But the young kids need it." Bayno has spent more one-on-one time with Valanciunas than anyone on the staff this season. Whether hes sparring with JV in the post - wearing his trademark forearm pads to simulate in-game physicality - throwing out-of-reach passes to him in practice or hosting him at his house for an extra film session, Baynos fingerprints are all over the sophomores continued development. "He works with me a lot actually," Valanciunas said of Bayno. "Hes helped me a lot, especially on the post-up moves. Now I feel much more comfortable going against those guys, like big centres. What were working on every day is helping." Bayno, like head coach Dwane Casey and the rest of the Raptors staff, has worked to manage Valanciunas own expectations and lesson the external pressure that he faces as an emerging star in the league. Theyre not overly concerned with his scoring totals or the number of touches he gets in the post. He shouldnt be either. They know his value, at least this season, cant be measured using a box score. Instead they hope to lay down a foundation for the future. His role is to do the things he can control, to master the basic fundamentals of the game that will ensure his longevity in the league. The "little things" as Bayno calls them. "Were a good team because hes accepted his role and hes done all the little things," said Bayno, formally an assistant in Portland and with the Timberwolves. "I really believe hes going to be a good scorer in this league." "Im not expecting a lot of point production every night out of him," echoed Casey. "If he gives it to us, its great but I dont want to put that kind of pressure on him. Hes growing, hes a second-year guy. Im not going to expect him to get 23 points, 24 points every night. If he does, its gravy. If he runs the floor, rebounds, plays defence, for this team, this year, thats great. I promise you, his offence is going to come. We all want it to hurry up and get here yesterday but Im more concerned about him picking up the speed of the game, the rebounding, defending the low post, defending his position and reacting in the half-court game. His career is going to be long enough. Hes going to be a scorer in this league two or three years from now." A month ago at this time Valanciunas was pressing. The touches were not there every night, his scoring numbers dipped, as did his playing time. More often than not Casey would opt for a smaller, more experienced lineup late in games. Valanciunas was frustrated. Then the card went up in his locker. He sees it nearly each day, before and after every home game. Currently, hes playing some of the best basketball of his young career. Whether his improved play is related or a happy coincidence, he has been carrying out the very tasks Casey and company have been emphasizing. In Sundays win over Atlanta, Valanciunas recorded his team-leading 19th double-double of the season after totaling eight as a rookie a year ago. He played 33 minutes, attempting just four shots while matching a career-high with nine made free throws. His impact on the game was understated, yet significant. His point production has gone up but, as Casey points out, hes not necessarily seeing more touches. Instead hes working for them. Hes running the floor, hes rebounding, hes getting to the line and as a result hes playing more and closing out games. He understands how his bread is buttered, at least for the time being. "Im not a scoring machine," Valanciunas acknowledged. "Im a worker. My job is to get a rebound, to set a screen to make DeMar (DeRozan) open, or Kyle (Lowry) open, or [Ross] open, whoever is playing on the perimeter. My job is to box out [and] go for offensive rebounds. Thats my job." In less than four weeks, Valanciunas will make his first playoff appearance. 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"Im fine after last week," said Raonic, who attributed his illness to a lack of sleep in the three nights following his Chennai title. "I slept maybe a total of six hours. "It just got too heavy on me. But today was good. I got through it even if not everything in my game was working perfectly. I got the job done." Raonic needed just 91 minutes for his victory, completed with 13 aces and the same number of winners against a player ranked 47 spots below him on the ATP list. Raonic is ranked 25th in the world. Temperatures in Melbourne reached the mid-30s, but Raonic said he was bothered more by wind than heat. "The wind was not constant, it was more gusting. It was coming from all different ways," he said. "I was trying to impose my game in all of that but later I got more patient. I wasnt serving the best today." Raonic next plays Philipp Petzschner, a winner over Czech Lukas Rosol 6-0, 6-0, 6-2. Raonic beat the German last autumn indoors in Stockholm after losing to him on grass at Halle, Germany. "He goes for shots and can play well," Raonic said of Petzschner. "Its about focusing on what I have to do and impose on him, He can do a lot of things well. "If he gets a head start he can dictate. Ill try to put myself ahead, not necessarily in the score but dictating play. If I can do that I give myself a good chance." Wozniak marked her first success in Melbourne as she defeated Chinas Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-3 to earn her first career Australian Open victory. Dubois of Laval, Que., defeated Russian Elena Vesniina 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 to join Wozniak in the second round.dddddddddddd Vancouvers Rebecca Marino fell 6-4, 6-2 to Hungarys Greta Arn. Wozniak, from Blainville, Que., will next play Russian Maria Kirilenko, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Australian Jarmila Gajdosova. "I knew I had to start fast, it was windy and the conditions were difficult, it was coming in and going out," said Wozniak. "And it got hotter the longer we played. "It was 36 Celsius today, so I wanted to get off court as soon as possible." Wozniak has been troubled over the past year by a forearm injury which dropped her to No. 102 in the WTAs rankings. The 24-year-old is competing in Melbourne for the first time since 2010, when she lost in the first round. She also lost opening matches in 2009 and 2007 at Melbourne Park. "Last year I missed it here because I was still struggling with my forearm injury," said Wozniak. "Im happy to be here this year and win my first match." Wozniak came out firing against wild card Zhang — ranked No. 127 in the world. The Canadian got out to a 4-0 lead but struggled to close out the first set. Wozniak missed on two set points before losing one of her breaks, but finished the set on her fourth chance with a winner after 39 minutes. The second set was more competitive, but Wozniak broke for 5-3 and served out the victory a game later as Zhang returned long. Dubois needed two hours and 25 minutes to dispatch Vesnina — the third set alone took just over an hour — but was able to endure the trying conditions and outlast her opponent. "Conditions were a little difficult, a lot hotter than were used to down here," Dubois said. "It was very windy, the points werent always pretty but I think I played intelligently. "Even though I had 3-4 match points I didnt make, I didnt get upset. I stayed in it. I knew that if I continued to fight and hit a bit more, it would work out." Dubois next opponent will be 30th-ranked Angelique Kerber of Germany, who handily dispatched Australian Bojana Bobusic 6-1, 6-3 in the first round. cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '
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