Blake Griffen came and went from Canada with no razzle dazzle with a first half dunk and then a break away dunk in the second half where he just laid it into the basket and the fans booed his decision as they wanted a memorable dunk and were disappointed. While Ed Davis had 9 points and 5 boards in the first half on his way to his 5 double-double of the season with 13 s and 14 boards (7 offensive) while Amir Johnson could not stay out of foul trouble with 5 fouls in 14 minutes with 6 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals. Andrea Bargnani had the ball in his hands a lot and took lots of shots 9 for 21 but also went to the line a lot and was very successful too going 7 for 9 and ended up scoring 27 points while DeMar DeRozan had been more productive in the past few games as he went 7 for 18 in the game after going 7 of 8 against the Bucks earlier this week but did get to the line 5 times and made 3 of them which is more times than this past week. Blake Griffen had 9 points in the first half but did have 3 fouls at the 5:31 point of the second quarter with the Clippers up 35-34 but the Raptors did not take advantage of this as it was 48-48 going into half and then he had 12 points in the second half and scored late with 7 points in the second half of the fourth quarter and had 15 boards and went 7 for 10 from the line. While Baron Davis had 16 points in the first half and was very quiet at least shotting as he had 4 points in the second half but he was very vocal with his thoughts to the Referees and got a tech foul and kept talking and surprisingly was not kicked out of the game. The third quarter was about defensive stops and finishing on the offensive end for the Raptors as they outscored the Clippers 30-23 in the quarter and had a 10 point lead near the end of the quarter but the Raptors had a 78-71 lead into the fourth quarter. Then came winning time again and for the third game in a row they had the chance to take the game and run away with it with some big D but the Clippers fought back but this time when they got too close to tying the game the Raptors came back with a basket and a defensive stop to build the lead again and won the game with timely shots 98-93. It diffidently was nice to see the team being able to close out a game but of course I would of hoped that they would have learned this lesson earlier in the season but it also shows how bad the Clippers are on the road because it is quite a task to lose back to back games to the Cavliers and the Raptors which probably has not happened to another team this season.
Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday it finally happens Wednesday as Bosh is back in T.O.
Tom Mehegan
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