The thing that fan can appreciate is the performance of Amir Johnson who had 24 points and 12 rebounds and it is one of his best performances in his NBA career and if he can have more games like this one his future is bright but if his past performances are any glue to what he can be it maybe a while until another game like this one. The Bucks came out and took control of the game early going from a 2 point lead @ 13-11 and then going on a 19-11 run to lead by 10 @ 32-22 going into the second quarter and then the Raptors opened the quarter on a 10-0 run to tie the game @ 32-all and went into the last minute on a 11-2 run to take a 8 point lead @ 55-47 but the Bucks cut it to 2 by half @ 57-55. The Raptors bench outscored the Bucks bench 31-8 in the first half lead by Alexis Ajinca with 10 points while Sonny Weems had 8, Jerryd Bayless had 7, and Ed Davis had 6 points and Amir Johnson lead the starters with 9 points While he lead the Raptors in the third with 8 points and Andrea Bargnani had 9 points in the quarter. Things got bad especially late in the quarter as the Bucks scored 26 points and shoot 69 % from the floor in the quarter as they lead 81-78 going into the fourth quarter and the Bucks late in the fourth quarter lead 104-97 and then the Raptors scored 7 points in a roll to tie it @ 104 and Carlos Delfino lost the ball out of bounds and the Raptors had last shot with 2.8 seconds but Andrea missed a jumper so for the first time all season the Raptors played 5 extra minutes. Andrew Bogut scored the first 6 points to take a 110-104 lead and the Raptors got the next 6 points to tie it @ 110 but then the dagger was hit by Corey Maggette who hit a wide open 3 off a pass from Carlos Delfino to take 113-110 lead and then the Raptors went to the basket and did not get points and shoot jumpers and did not get points as the Bucks stretch the Raptors losing streak to 10 games as they won 116-110. The Raptors got a good second half from Bargnani 23 points but only had 4 boards and Jose Calderon who had 13 points and 10 points in the game but the Raptors had 4 bench points in the second half but Ed Davis had 9 boards in the game and both teams had 40 boards in the game and the Raptors lead in assists 27-24. The Bucks had 3 players @ 24 or more with Corey Maggette with 29 points along with 11 boards and 5 assists, Ersan Ilyasova with 25 points and 7 boards, and Andrew Bogut with 24 points and 7 boards to be too much for the Raptors in the end.
Timberwovles tomorrow another lose?
Tom Mehegan
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