Raptors Game 16 - Celtics distroy Raptors in the third quarter

Toronto Raptors Starters
F - Sonny Weems F - Amir Johnson C - Andrea Bargnani
PG - Jose Calderon SG - DeMar Derozan

Boston Celtics Starters
F - Paul Pierce F - Kevin Garnett C - Shaq O'neil
PG - Rajon Rondo SG - Ray Allen
First Quarter

Ray Allen had 9 of the first 19 points for the Celtics as they lead the Raptors 19-5 and the Celtics lead 31-20 after the first and the Celtics are shooting 67% and Kevin Garnett has 8 points along with 2 bounds while Rajon Rondo has 8 assists so he passing well. The Raptors are lead by Calderon and DeRozan both having 4 points while Bargnani was 0 for 4 but had 3 boards which was second to Evans's 4 going into the second and the Raptors need a huge defensive effort.

Second Quarter

The Raptors had a huge defensive effort when they scored 11 straight points to draw within 1 point and it was lead by Bargnani who was 4-6 from the floor and had 9 points in the quarter and Amir had 6 points and 3 rebounds while Jerryd Bayless had 5 points and 3 rebounds and Kleiza also had 5 points in the quarter. While the Celtics were lead by Garnett with 8 pointsand 4 rebounds and Shaq daddy also had 8 points in the quarter but the Raptors were big on the boards all half with a 25-15 lead. The Celtics lead 58-52 at half but with more huge defensive effort in the second half the Raptors could steal another from the Celtics.

Third Quarter

Celtics 24-9 run during the first 13 minutes of the quarter 82-6 and the Celtics lead going into the fourth quarter up 86-67 and Garnett had another 8 points 2 rebounds and Paul Pierce had 7 points and Shaq had 5 rebounds in the quarter and Rondo had 2 more assists. For the raptors are lead in the quarter by Barbosa and Stojakovic both had 3 points and Evans, Bargnani, and Kleiza all have 2 rounds in the quarter.

Fourth quarter

The Raptors came to play but 19 point disadvantage was to much to come back from and was lead by Jose Calderon who had 10 assists along with 3 points and 2 rebounds while Kleiza lead the scoring with 11 points and 3 rebounds in the quarter. Barbosa had 7 points and Stojakovic has 6 points and Bargnani had 2 rebounds as well. Big Baby Davis had 10 points and 2 rebounds while Garnett had 3 rebounds with 2 points while the Celtics played to get through the quarter with Allen and Pierce both with 4 points and the Celtics win 110-101.

Final Thought

Kevin Garnett with his 26 points and 11 rebounds was too much and Rondo was solid with a good amount of assists in every quarter and ended with 14 aassists in the game with Allen (17 points), Pierce (18 points), Shaq (16 points and 9 rebounds), and with his fourth big baby Davis had 10 of his 18 points. The Raptors did not show for the third quarter and it costed them huge and if Calderon passed the way he did in the fourth during the rest of the game it would have been way closer and Kleiza had his best game as a Raptor with 18 thanks to 11 in the fourth quarter. Barbosa's 14 and Stojakovic's 13 along with Amir's 11 points helped the Raptors bench put up 63 of the Raptor's 101 points and with Evans getting hurt in the third may be costly if he is out for a while.