Starts for Celtrics
F - Glen Davis F - Paul Pierce C - Shaq PG - Rajon Rando SG - Ray Allen
Starters for the Raptors
F - Linas Kleiza F - Amir Johnson C - Andrea Bargnani PG - Jose Calderon SG - DeMar DeRozan
The First Quarter
The Boston Celtics are men and the Raptors are boys as the Raptors start the first quarter down 16-8 and then they fight back to be down only 18-17 as they outscored the Celtics 9-2. Then the men came back to play while the boys sat in the corner sucking their thumbs as the Celtics went on a 16-5 run to take a 34-22 lead after the first quarter and then the men begain the second quarter as they ended the first quarter as they started on a 9-4 run to take a 43-26 lead. The men took a bit of a break before they schooled the boys again as they got it up to 22 points (65-43) near the end of the half as they lead 67-45 @ the half. The men were lead by Ray Allen (3 boards and a block), Paul Pierce (3 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals), and even Luke Harangody (4 boards) who all have 11 points while Nate Robinson (2 assists) has 10 points as well. The boys were lead by Kleiza (3 boards and a block) and DeRozan (a board) both with 10 points while Calderon has 8 of the team's 13 assists while he also has 2 of the team's 9 turnovers. The Celtics destroyed the Raptors on the glass (20-14) and was better passing the ball (20-13 in assists) while both teams have the same amount of turnovers (9) while it got so bad for the Raptors that Jay Triano called 3 time-outs in the half when usually he may call only 1. So even he knew they needed something and he looked on the bench and found not much as Wright was not as good as he was on Wednesday while Ed Davis had no boards while Dorsey had 2 boards and a foul with 4 points in 5 minutes.
Second Half
The boys became men for a bit as they cut the lead to 13 (84-71) as they figured out that if they do not turnover the ball they could put up points as they started the third quarter going 8 for 10 from the floor but then the dream was over and the real men showed up again as the Celtics ended the quarter on a 10-6 run to lead after three 94-77. The little Raptor men were lead by DeMar DeRozan (2 boards, 2 assists, and a block), Jose Calderon (only 1 assist), and Barbosa had 6 points each while Big Celtics men were lead by Paul Pierce (9 points, 2 boards, and an assist) and Glen "Big Baby" Davis (6 points and an assist). In the fourth quarter the Raptors tried to fight back from 17 down and started the quarter 9-4 to make it 12 but they had already started throwing bad passes and causing themselves bad turnovers and then the Celtics took their lumps again as the Celtics went onto a 13-1 run to take a 111-85 to take a 26 point lead. Then the Celtics played with the Raptors again and walked the 20-point win home (122-102) as the Celtics cleaned the glass better (12-6) in the third quarter and they tied with 11 boards in the fourth quarter. For the Raptors Barbosa was the good (9 points) and the bad (the really big 2 turnovers at bad times) in the quarter while Andrea Bargnani (7 points, 2 boards, and a block) woke up in the fourth quarter as he had 10 points during the first 3 quarters and Calderon had no assists in the fourth along with 1 in the second half. The Celtics were lead by Von Wafer (6 points along with a board and an assist) and Rando (5 points) as the Celtics spread it around with Marquis Daniels and Luke Harangody both had 4 points.
Final Thoughts
The Raptors were schooled tonight as the Celtics were 11 for 21 with 3's and had 31 assists in the game while Ray Allen showed you do not need to take a lot of shoots (6-8 from the floor, 3 for 4 with 3's, and 2 for 2 from the line for 17 points). The Raptors diffently did not play any big time defense and really it is surprising that Joey Dorsey lead the Raptors with 6 boards in only 9 minutes which means the rest of the team was not working hard enough on the glass especially when Luke Harangody shows your team up with 11 boards in 27 minutes when he had showed little coming into the game for the Celtics. Now the Raptors will need to turn the page and look at teaching the Kings that it is are court and beat them down on Sunday to get back on the winning track and show that nobody should just come into the acc and get an easy win. Jay Triano had some colorful language in his post game interview so hopefully the Raptors take Jay energy and get on a big roll.
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