Jerryd Bayless set the tune to the Raptors game and was not very good

Jerryd Bayless set the tune for the Raptors and it created a bad defensive effort until the beginning of the fourth quarter as he had 4 turnovers in his 21 minutes and most of them in his time in the first quarter. Before Bayless got in the game the Raptors had 1 turnover and by the end of the quarter they had 6 turnovers as the Raptors were up 18-14 and then the Bobcats went on a 19-9 run to end the quarter and lead 33-27 going into the second quarter where the Raptors did not have any defensive stops in the quarter as they outscored Raptors 28-17 and lead 61-44 @ half time which gave the Bobcats 2/3Rd of their game average 93 points. The Bobcats continued making fools of the Raptors defense in the third quarter again as they outscored the Raptors 28-25 as they lead the Raptors by 20 points going into the fourth quarter where they decided to grow a pair when it was already out of hand as they finally got combined defensive stops and put up point on offensive. With just over 7 minutes left in the game they had back to back opportunities get it back into single digits but did not do a good job on the offense again and then followed up with soft defense to let the Bobcats put the game to bed by getting it back up to 14-15 point lead again on their way to scoring 114 points and this is a team that averages 93 points a game really the Raptors did this kind of awful performance against this guys. The Bobcats on their way to a 13 point win 114-101 went to the free throw line 42 times (making 34 of them) while the Raptors went to the line 26 times (making 21 of them) which is incredible that you foul guys 32 times in the game even though the Bobcats looked to get a favorable whistle but the Raptors need to be tougher all around. The Bobcats were lead by Gerald Wallace who made 14 of 15 free throws and had 20 points and 6 boards while D.J. Augustin had 23 points and 8 assists while Boris Diaw had 16 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals and Nazr Mohammed had 14 boards and the Bobcats had 41 boards and 10 assists. While the Raptors were lead by Andrea Bargnani in rebounds (8) and also had 18 points while Sonny Weems lead in points (19) and co-lead with Bayless in turnovers (4) and that Jose Calderon lead in assists with 11 and it was 1 more than Bayless's 10 in the game as the Raptors had 25 boards and Ed Davis has 7 boards of the Raptors 41 boards. This was the worst all around game for the Raptors in the last few weeks with 15 turnovers and 17 points for the Bobcats but at least they supposedly went out with the Miami Heat draft picked up a tough small forward named James Johnson

That's hope they have a better D against the Bulls together

Tom Mehegan