Blake show act I - Defensive battle
Blake Griffen started by setting up Eric Gorden for a reverse jam and then a flying dunk going right down the baseline and dunking a rebound over a Raptor and finished with an one-hand slam but did miss a two handed jam in the quarter too. The defenses came out to play the first act and held the Clippers to 18 points and led by 3 points going into the second act as Amir Johnson is back on the court and back in LA and had 6 points and 4 boards while Ed Davis also had 4 boards too and Barbosa had 5 points. The Clippers got 5 from Chris Kaman along with 4 from Blake Griffen and Randy Foye and both teams are shooting 34% and going to the basket and dunking the ball.
Blake Show act II - Ed Davis steals the act
Blake Griffen had a two handed power slam but in the second act he will be remembered for the dunk that he missed it was spectacular it was a flying tommahawk jam which went off the rim and out because Amir Johnson fouled Griffen enough to miss it. The Raptors are 3 points ahead of the Warriors 46 point first quarter and lead the Clippers by 1 @ 44-43 going into act III and the Raptors were quite impressive to start act II as they started on 9-4 run to open a 8 point lead @ 30-22 and then the defense let down a bit which is OK especially if they can get it back on track for the final 2 acts. The Raptors got a huge act II from Ed Davis with 9 points and 2 boards along with 5 more points and an unnecessary from Barbosa while DeMar is 0 for 6 going into act III while Blake Griffen had 8 points and 2 boards and 3 assists while Chris Kaman had 6 more points and Craig Smith had 5 points for the Clippers who are shooting 40.9 % from the floor while the Raptors are shooting 39 % from the floor.
Blake Show act III - Calderon doing it himself
Blake Giffen was more a shooter with a long jumpers in the act but did bring down 4 boards and it was Barbosa and James Johnson with the reverse one hand jams but it was Barbosa going up for a jam and being rejected that will be the most memorable moment in this act. Jose Calderon hasd not been setting up this game but did have 8 points in act III while Barbosa is the one passing he has 6 assists in the game with the Raptors shooting 39 % from the floor and the Clippers have gone from 34 in the first act to 45 % in the third act which is scary.
Blake Show act IV - Blake Show is on all act
Blske Griffen was slamming the ball left, right, and center in this act IV and back-to-back slams lead the Clippers who were down by their biggest deficit of 10 @ 80-70 and go on a 17-3 run to take control of the game. The thing is with a half of the final act left and the Raptors up 8 Mo Williams was fouled and is allowed to take like 4 or 5 more steps to the basket for a slam and an one which was just silly and then a ref calls DeMar DeRozan who is going under the basket for stepping out of bounds when he was a foot and a half away from the baseline and the Ref was right there so it was not judgement call it simply was a bad call. While the Raptors still throw the game away as they did not move the ball towards the basket and instead stalled for long jumpers and 3-balls late in the clock that were not hitting at all but DeMar did finally make it to the game as he did hit all 3 field goals in the final act (maybe he was out having dinner with his parents or something). Back to Blake Griffen who had 8 points in this act and 8 boards so he doubled his boards each act while Eric Gordon had 5 points while Ed Davis had 6 of the Raptors 17 act IV points which was the Raptors lowest scoring act of the game.
In the end ...
The Raptors got a great game from Ed Davis who played 40 minutes and had 21 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists while we had Jose Calderon and Barbosa trading places with Calderon being the one with a 4 for 10 night with 16 points (7 for 7 from the line) with 4 boards, a steal, and 2 assists and Barbosa was 5 of 13 for 14 points (3 of 4 from the line) but 6 assisrs and 2 steals. Amir toughed it out and struggled after the first act while James Johnson filled up the box score with 14 points (5 of 13 from the floor and 4 of 5 from the line), 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block while the Blake Show was finishing strong with 22 points and 16 of the Clippers 51 boards which was 11 better than the Raptors 40 in the game. The Raptors had great active defense and were rewarded with 13 steals but were unable to stay away from the 11 Clippers blocks and they also out assisted the Raptors 22-19 and it just was the poor Raptor shooting that did them in during the final act as the Raptors went 4 for 15 from 3 in the game and a lot more came in the final act than any other act.
Could we have the final 8 games in the next two weeks so MLSE can on vacation together
Tom Mehegan
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