First Quarter
The Raptors faught for every inch of the court and even when they missed a shot Raptors would be hitting the glass and getting the rebound (12-9) and Memphis coughed up the ball 6 times for 7 points while the Raptors coughed it up 4 times and for only 2 points. The Raptors were lead by Kleiza (10 points and 2 boards) along with Jose Calderon (6 points and 2 assists) and DeMar DeRozan (5 points and 2 boards) while Joey Dorsey and Ed Davis both had 3 boards. The Raptors took control of the quarter with a 10-2 run in 2:32 and the biggest problem in the quarter was that they only had 2 assists in the quarter. Rudy Gay (5 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals) and Darrell Arthur (4 points and a board) while Zach Randolph (4 boards and 2 assists) was a monster on the glass for the Grizzlies in the quarter but the Raptors are up 24-16.
Second Quarter
Ofcourse the Raptors are horrrible in the second quarter with the Raptors with 7 turnovers in the quarter as the Grizzlies had a 28-10 run until the final shot with a 3-ball with Calderon and the Raptors are down 48-44 going into the second half. The Grizzlies were lead by Rudy Gay (8 points, 3 steals, and an assist) along with Zach Randolph and Tony Allen ( 3 steals, 2 boards, and an assist)have 6 points while Mike Conley had 3 assists and Rudy Gay had 3 steals in the quarter. The Raptors were lead by Jose Calderon (2 assists, 2 boards, 2 turnovers, and a steal) and Jerryd Bayless ( 3 turnovers and an assist) with 5 points each while the role model of the team was Joey Dorsey (4 points, 3 boards, and a steal) and the players should follow his lead never giing up on any play.
Third Quarter
The Grizzlies outscored the Raptors 8-0 to end the quarter to give the Grizzlies a 14 point lead and now lead 77-63 and the Raptors had 4 turnovers not to much after 10 in the second quarter. The Grizzlies were lead by Zach Randolph (8 points, 3 boards, and an assist), Mike Conley (7 points, 2 assists, and a steal), and Tony Allen (6 points, 2 boards, and a stesl) while Rudy Gay (3 boards, 3 assists, and 2 points) did everything else. The Raptors were lead by Linas Kleiza (7 points, a board, and a block) and DeMar DeRozan (6 points and an assists) while Jose Calderon had 4 assists with no turnovers and the Raptors have been outscored 61 - 39 (-22 with 14 turnovers) and with the rebounds (16-11) in the second and third quarter combined.
Fourth Quarter
The Raptors get the lead down to 7 with 5:30 left in the game and can not pull off the miricle again as the Grizzlies win 96-85 as Joey Dorsey had 7 boards and was getting dirty all game at the basket and got 6 points before he got his 6 foul and was out of the game. DeMar took advantage of the fourth (4 points with an assist and a board) and so did Barbosa (6 points with an assist and a board) but 7 turnovers killed any chance of a full comeback tonight. The Grizzlies were lead by Zach Randolph (7 points and a rebound) and O.J. Mayo (4 points) along Tony Allen (4 boards, 2 steals, and an assist).
Final Thoughts
The Raptors were active crashing the glass and stopping the Grizzlies from scoring with only 16 points in the first quarter but the second quarter killed them again (32-20) and the end of the third where the Grizzlies scored the last 8 points to take a 14-point lead into the final quarter also did not hurt. The Raptors player of the game was Joey Dorsey who was crashing the glass hard all game getting boards or keeping the ball alive for another player to have a chance he was not able to get to hands on it but he needs to work on his free throws (0 for 5). While Kleiza lead in points (22) and turnovers (5) for the Raptors and DeMar DeRozan had 18 points was only 4-8 from the free throw line where the Raptors were a disasterous 5 for 14 in the game. The Raptors had 21 turnovers after the first (10 in the second and 7 in the fourth) and Jose Calderon had 9 assists but 4 turnovers (2 in the fourth) and The Grizzlies wanted to keep the Raptors in the game with their turnovers (21 which is a lot until u see the Raptors with 25).The Raptors will need an all around game with everybody getting dirty and working hard to beat Dallas tomorrow who are 24-5 after win on the road tonight.
See U tomorrow
Tom Mehegan
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