raptor game 4

Toronto Raptors Starters
F - Linas Kleiza F - Reggie Evans C - Andrea Bargnani
PG - Jarrett Jack SG - DeMar Derozan

Utah Jazz Starters

F - Andrei Kirilenko F - Paul Millsap C - Al Jefferson
PG - Deron Williams SG - Raja Bell



First Quarter

Raptor scored the first 2 points of the game but than the Jazz scored the next 15 straight points and the Jazz outscored the Raptors 26-6 into the paint and 15-1 fast break points along with the Jazz shotting 68% and the Raptors shot 33.3% in the quarter. The Jazz lead 41-22 after one and Williams for the Jazz has 14 points so now the Raptors need to show what there made of during the rest of the game win or lose (10 games losing streak aganist Jazz).


Second Quarter

Raptor got the lead down to 13 points in the quarter but at the end of the quarter DeRozan hit a 3-ball to pull even with the Jazz for the quarter as the Jazz go into half time with a 66-47 lead with a 42-18 advantage in the paint in the half. For the Raptors the starter are non-existant and the bench is trying hard but their not starting for a reason while the Jazz are scoring at will and defending the paint much better than the Raptors. Barbosa and Weems off the bench lead with Bargnani with 9 points each and Bargnani lead with 4 rebounds and the starts for Jazz except Bell the other starting 4 are all in double figures so the Raptors need to work hard and chip away at the lead.

Third Quarter

Raptor start quarter fast on a 14-6 until a Jazz timeout and then they kept it going to cut the lead to 5 points 81-76 with 3 minutes left with Bargnani with 13 at this point and Raptors shooting 62% in the quarter while Jazz are shooting 26% in the quarter so far. Jazz get a big 3-ball at the end of the third from C.J. Miles but the Raptors shot 64% in the quarter while Bargnani got 15 points in the quarter and Sonny Weems 13 off the bench while DeRozan has 13 going into the fourth quarter.

Fourth Quarter

Jazz too much in the first half of the fourth quarter building the lead back up to 17 points with Andrei Kirilenko,Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson, C.J. Mills off the bench with 16 points. Deron Williams ended up 3 rebounds short of a triple - double with 22 points, 14 assists, and 7 rebounds and Al Jefferson 27 points while Bargnani scored 26 points and most impressive was Sonny Weems career high 23 points off the bench for the Raptors.

Final Thoughts

The starters did not show up for the raptors in the first quarter and the defence horrible in the quarter giving up 41 points and taking a 19 point hole going into the second quarter and the second was a complete saw off. The tough defence showed up in the third quarter and the raptors especially Bargnani with 15 in the quarter and they got it down from 19 to 1 by the end of the quarter but in the end they did not have enough energy to take the fourth quarter and Lakers up next will not be easy to win.

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