The Raptors have both Andrea Bargnani and Jose Calderon are back in the starting lineup and the Raptors should have a good chance to play great defense and pass the ball a lot and cream the New Jersey Nets tonight.
First Quarter
The defense was not good enough as the Nets lead 23-21 as the Raptors had 5 turnovers and the Nets only 1 but the Raptors did out assist the Nets 6-4 and with rebounds too 16-12 and of the 5 fouls the Raptors (Amir Johnson had 2 and sat after 4 minutes). The Raptors are lead by Linas Kleiza (6 points, 5 boards, an assist) and DeMar DeRozan (7 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 blocks) while Ed Davis (3 boards) and Jose Calderon (4 assists). The Nets were lead by Devin Harris (7 points, a steal, and an assist) and Kris Humphries (4 points, 4 boards,and 2 assists) while Travis Outlaw (3 boards)and the Raptors shoot 40.9% and the Nets shoot 37.5%.
Second Quarter
The Nets shoot 52.3% in the quarter and took 6 point lead 48-42 and the Raptors Bargnani has all of his 8 first half points in this quarter with 2 boards and Barbosa 5 points in the quarter too and Kleiza (4 boards and 2 assists). The Nets are lead by Devin Harris (2 boards and 2 assists), Derrick Favors(2 boards), John Petro ( a board ) all had 4 points and the Raptors need to play defense, pass the ball, and going to the line and they can still win this winnable game.
Third Quarter
The Raptors tied the game @ 51 and than the Nets went on a 7-0 run and the Raptors fought back to get it back to 2 points, 71-69 after 3 quarter and were lead by Andrea Bargnani (13 points and 2 boards) along with Jose Calderon (6 points and 5 assists) and Kleiza (6 points). The Nets were lead by Brook Lopez (8 points, a board, and an assist) and Travis Outlaw (6 points) along with Devin Harris (2 boards and 2 assists along with 2 points) and the Nets more rebounds (8-4) and the Raptors more assists (8-5) and the Nets shoot 55.6% in the quarter.
Fourth quarter
Raptors took a 2 point lead and then the Nets went on a 8-0 to take a 6 point lead and then the Raptors went on 16-2 run to take a 8 point lead and the Nets came back with a 6-0 run to be down 2 points and the Rsptors won the game by 6 as they won 98-92. The Raptors were lead by Andrea Bargnani (11 points, 3 boards, 2 assists) and Jose Calderon (5 points and 3 assists) along with Kleiza (4 points and 3 boards along with an assist) while the Nets were lead by Brook Lopez (7 points and 4 boards), Jordan (5 points,a board, 2 assists), Travis Outlaw (5 points and an assist).
Final Thoughts
The Raptors were lead by Andrea Bargnani (32 points,9 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks) after nothing in the first quarter while Calderon (15 points, 14 assists, 3 boards) but he had 3 turnovers (6 assists) in the first half and 1 turnover (8 assists) in the second half and Kleiza (18 points, 12 boards, and 4 assists) was a great third option tonight. The Raptors beat up a bad Nets team and if they played better in the middle of the game the Raptors could have been less than 92 Nets points and the Raptors were lucky to be playing the Nets and they need to have a better all around game Sunday Vs the Lakers.
Nice to have 10 wins
Tom Mehegan
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