Toronto Raptors Starters
F - Sonny Weems F - Amir Johnson C - Andrea Bargnani
PG - Jose Calderon SG - DeMar Derozan
Atlanta Hawks Starters
F - Josh Smith F - Marvin Williams C - Al Horford
G - Joe Johnson G - Mike Bibby
First Quarter
The Raptors passed the ball around very well with everybody getting touches but by the end of the quarter they had forgotten how to pass the ball and are losing to the Hawks 27-23 after one quarter. Joey Dorsey has been active on the glass because if he has not got 2 hands on it he taps it out to a team-mate and Calderon and Weems have both got 3 assists in the quarter while Amir Johnson sat down quick picking up 2 of the Raptors 3 fouls. Andrei Bargnani had 9 of the Raptor's first 19 points and he also had 4 of the Raptor's 10 boards in the first quarter. The Hawks are lead by Al Horford with 8 points and 4 boards and Josh Smith had 4 assists and 3 boards while Joe Johnson has 6 points as well. So the Raptors need to go back to sharing the ball and having active hands defense in the next 3 quarters and if they can do this they can win the game.
Second Quarter
Bargnani got 2 fouls in the quarter because the rest of the team forgot him and had 1 shot and 3 points but also only had 1 board as well and he has 12 points at half with the Hawks up 6 52-46 at half. Barbosa had all 8 of his 8 points of the half in this quarter but could of shared the ball a little like Calderon who has 5 assists in the half and Kleiza also had 7 points. Dorsey,Amir, and DeMar all had 2 boards in the quarter while Marvin Williams had 9 points and 3 boards and Joe Johnson had 6 points to lead the Hawks and Josh Smith had 2 more assists to give him 6 assists in the half.
Third Quarter
The Raptors were 2 for 11 to start the quarter and the Hawks outscored the Raptors 13-5 to start the third to give themselves a 65-51 lead and have outscored the Raptors 25-11 and lead by 20 77-57 going into the fourth quarter and the Raptors were 3 for 17 in the quarter. Josh Smith had 9 points and 5 boards along with 3 assists in the quarter while Al Harford had 6 and 3 boards and Marvin Williams had 6 boards to lead the Hawks. For the Raptors Jerryd Bayless who hit 4 free throws lead with the team with 4 points in the quarter and Sonny Weems had the only assist in the quarter. Jose Calderon is 1 for 3 in the quarter (1 for 6 in the game) but still had 3 boards in the quarter while DeMar has only taken 1 shot in 21 minutes but had 3 boards in the quarter and the Raptors might fight back in the fourth but the Raptors lost their second in a row because of their third quarters and they need to fix it some how.
Fourth Quarter
Josh Smith finished off his third ever thriple-double in his NBA career with 4 boards and 2 assists and Maurice Evans lead with 3 rebounds in a quarter where they shared the ball and just wanted to get out of there with everybody basically getting a bucket in the quarter. For the Raptors their 7 for 16 was better than their 3 for 17 in the third but they shoot 6 3-balls in the quarter when they had only 6 in the first three quarters and they were lead by DeMar who was 4 for 5 from the floor with 10 points after taken only one shot the rest of the game Jerryd Bayless all of his 5 boards in the quarter and had 4 points to equal his total the rest of the game.
Final Thought
The Raptors lost their way after the first quarter because they did not look to pass up the ball for better shots and forgetten Bargnani in the second quarter was the beginning of the end while also shooting 3 for 17 in the third quarter and to finish with only 78 points in the game was very bad. The Raptors had 6 assists in the first quarter and had only 9 the rest of the game which meant that they forgot to share the ball after the first 12 minutes and Andrei Bargnani had 9 points from 4 for 6 from the floor and then went 2 for 11 the rest of the game and got to offensive fouls tring to post up in the second quarter when his team-mates missed him on the floor. To replace Reggie Evans they put Joey Dorsey in the starting lineup which gave them a quick spark in the first quarter but having your centers have only 12 boards combined (6 each) is not enough and finally someone needs to speak up at half time to get them ready for the third quarter because they have been asleep the last 2 game in the quarter.
Go Raptors
Tom Mehegan
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