The Raptors started out well being up 7-2 but then the anti-defense disease was in full effect as the Pistons outscored the Raptors 8-1 to take a 10-8 lead and then with the Pistons 25 and the Raptors 24 the Pistons score 4 straight to make it 29-24 and went into the second quarter up 31-26. The Pistons shoot 63 % from the floor in the quarter while the Raptors shoot 52 % and the Pistons were lead by T-Mac (Tracy Mcgrady) with 9 points as the Pistons eat the Raptors alive in the paint with a 20-12 advantage but the Raptors shared the ball (10-6) especially early (started 9 to 3) and the board were close (Raps 11 - Pistons 10). In the Second Quarter the Pistons with the score 38-33 Pistons they then went on a 11-2 run to get the score 49-35 but the Raptors faught back cuting the deficit to 7 (61-54) but Jay Triano wanted to do some fighting with the Refs as he got a tech because he did not like the whishle they were getting this after DeMar gets one after picking up a ticky-tak foul. The Pistons were still shooting 58 % from the floor so the Raptors did not play hard enough in the first half to deserve a favorable whishle but they did only turned the ball over 5 times and the Pistons 4 and Charlie V lead the Pistons at half with 16 points and T-Mac had 10. The Raptors were lead by Andrea Bargnani with 10 in the first quarter (started 5 of 7 from the floor) and 6 points in the second quarter (all from the line 6 of 6 but from the floor 0 of 6) and Ed Davis had 6 points and 8 boards while Calderon had 6 assists and Amir had 3. Jay Triano comes out at half for his interview and says the Raptors need pride in the second half like not give the Pistons iso and fight for rebounds. The first half of the third quarter the Pistons are a +6 in points and the lead is 13 points and would get up to 15 and on the boards 7-1 advantage but then the Raptors came to life a bit a 11-2 run to make it 81-74 but T-Mac hit a 3 to end the quarter as he had 10 in the quarter and the score was 84-74. The Raptors now have a 58 shooting% and the Pistons 56 and the Rebounds were tied at 33 and in the fourth quarter the Raptors held the Pistons to 3 for 8 from the floor to start the quarter but the Raptors also shoot 3 for 8 from the floor getting only down to 6. The Raptors played go "D" again like the rest of the second half except the beginning when they let the Pistons take 13 and 15 point leads as the Raptors held them to 17 fourth quarter points (101 in the game but the Raptors only scored 21 in the quarter (95 points in the game) as the Pistons walk onto the Raptors floor and get handed a win by a Raptors team who could of cared less until it was too late. Chris Wilcox had 12 of the Pistons 44 boards while Charlie V had 8 boards to go along with his 16 first half points and Tracy McGrady had 22 and Rodney Stuckey had 19 points and the Raptors were lead by Andrea Bargnani with 31 points (11 in the fourth) while DeRozan had a quiet 15 and Kleiza had 13. Andrea also had 9 boards along with Amir with 10 and Ed Davis with his 8 first half boards as the Raptors were a +1 on the glass and Jose Calderon had 13 of the Raptors 27 assists (only 15 for the Pistons) and now the Raptors go on the road for a long road trip (5-games) of what could be a long remainder of the regular season if they do not show the pride Triano was looking for.
See U tomorrow
Tom Mehegan
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