Andrea Bargnani took twice as many shots (24) as the next closest Raptor player Jerryd Bayless (12) and he hit 5 shots from the floor and 5 shots from the free throw line but he did miss all 5 of 3-point shots which means he is sneaking into bad habits again as in trying to shoot more 3's which is not what you want your 7 foot center to do. Also when you shoot just a little over 20% from the floor you need to learn when you do not have your shoot on a night that you need to pass the ball and get the ball to a player who will have a better shot to get the ball in the net. He did lead the team with 15 points but so did Ed Davis (7 for 10 from the floor) and the Raptors shoot enough shots (101) but did not get very many into the basket (34) as the Timberwolves made 1 more basket on 21 less shots. The Raptors also got a good rebounding game from Ed Davis (11) while Jose Calderon had more rebounds (9) than assists (6) which is not good # for a point guard but it looks like just an off night for him and the Timberwolves got more rebounds (54-52) but the Raptors got more offensive boards (19-8). The Raptors did once again play D in the first quarter only given up 21 and being down 1 after 1 but they gave up 28 in the second and 31 in the third in what has been an extremely bad trend as they were down 21 going into the fourth where they outscored the Wolves by 5 (28-23). The Timberwolves were lead by Kevin Love with 21 points and 12 boards while Martell Webster had 15 points and 6 boards and Wes Johnson had 14 points. The Raptors just had games with the Timberwolves, the Sixers, the Bucks, and the Grizzlies in their last 4 games and did not win a single game when they should of won 3 or all 4 of those games if they were more than just a horrible team.
Is the season over yet
Tom Mehegan
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