Things the Raptors should have been practicing but certainly did not in the last 3 games as they faced the Bucks

The first thing that the Raptors should of been practices in the 3 full days off would of been shooting and getting to the basket to have a good shooting % not the 35.6% they shot in the first half and the second half was not much better. The second if you are not able to make a basket try hard to get the ball into the hands of a guy who is making the shots Andrea Bargnani 4 for 14 to start the game while Amir Johnson was 1 for 6 (during this time he did have 8 boards) and Jose Calderon was 1 for 10 from the floor to start the game. While DeMar DeRozan was 6 for 7 in the first half but only got a slam dunk in the last minute of the third quarter which was his only attempt in the quarter and if you can not put up points aways try hard on the defensive end which they did in the first half with help from the Bucks as the Raptors got 10 points off turnover and were down 2, 40-38 at half yes the Bucks only scored 40 in the first half. The second half was a completely different story as the Bucks put up 52 points in the second half as they got little to no defensive stops in the second half as besides the 2 top dogs the rest of the starters were 5 for 32 from the floor which was lead by Jose Calderon who was 2 for 15 from the floor and had 7 assists and 6 turnovers and that's right your distributor had +1 assist to turnover number. Sonny Weems went 2 for 10 and Amir had 1 for 7 from the floor while Andrea Bargnani went 9 for 21 and that's right Andrea Bargnani and DeMar DeRozan was 9 for 13 from the floor yes DeMar did make the same amount of baskets with a third less of the shots. The Bucks were the Bucks they can keep the other team from scoring but had a hard time scoring themselves especially in the first half as the only bright spot in half was Andrew Bogut who had 5 for 6 from the floor with 3 blocks and in the second half with very weak Raptors defense Corey Maggette had a good third quarter with 8 points and John Salmons lead them in points mostly in the second half. Amir Johnson had 11 boards and it dropped all the way to DeRozan who had 7 while the Bucks were lead by Luc Richard Mbah a Moute who helped the Bucks lead the boards 50-44 and the Raptors had 2 more assists than the Bucks (19-17) and one less turnover (13-12). The Raptors are a mess and if they can not come up with a better game plan over 3 full days to take on the Bucks meanings Triano is just a waste of time and the GM is keeping him around only as a bargaining chip to get his own contract to be renewed.

Sorry the best team in the NBA in town tomorrow as the Spurs visit

Tom Mehegan