So the most points by a Raptor team in a half was December 2Nd, 2008 which was Sam Mitchell's last game as they gave up 79 points in a half but that all changed tonight as the Raptors gave up a disgusting 86 first half points as the Raptors made a great game plan which was to not play an ouch of defense and they kept it up in the second half as the Raptors gave up 101 points in 29 game minutes and only gave up 30 points in the third quarter to be down 116-74. So the Raptors got out to a quick 7-4 lead but with Ellis having 15 first quarter points and Wright having 13 points in the quarter the Warriors took a 45-36 first quarter lead into the second quarter while the Warriors did not miss a shot from the 10:54 mark until 39 seconds left in the quarter. Where Stefan Curry had 12 of the warriors 41 second quarter and he had 19 points @ half while Ellis had 20 points in the half and the Warriors were hitting everything so they had a great inside game and because the Raptors could not get out on shooters they nailed a number of 3-balls and had 20 rebounds and assists all in the first half shooting just under 69% from the floor and 15 of 18 from the line in the half. The Raptors were lead by James Johnson who had 10 of the Raptors 36 first quarter points and DeMar had 7 of the Raptors 22 second quarter points and 15 in the half while Ed Davis had 5 first half boards and Calderon had 5 assists and would not play in the second half.
The Warriors kept it going in the third quarter with Wright having 9 points and Lee having 7 points as they led by 42 points @ 116-74 while in the fourth quarter the Warriors were led by Williams who had 10 points in the quarter as it was the only quarter the Raptors won 26-22 as the Warriors won 138-100 and this would be the perfect time to fire Triano but it sadly will not happen until the off-season.
So lets see the Warriors had 4 of their 5 starters with at least 20 points with Monta Ellis with 27 points with 10 assists to go with 4 boards and steals, Stephen Curry with 23 points and 8 assists, Dorell Wright had 26 points and 9 of 11 from the floor, David Lee had 21 points with 8 of 9 from the floor and 7 boards. They shoot 61.4 from the floor while going 10 of 17 from 3 and picking up 40 rebounds, 33 assists, and 12 steals what a way to stop a 5 game losing streak.
The had Ed Davis who had 18 points and 11 boards (Amir and Reggie both out) but he also went to the line 12 of the Raptors 26 trips and made 8 of them while DeMar (8 of 12) and Barbosa (7 of 11) both had 19 points to lead the Raptors but the surprising stat tonight is that Andrea had no rebounds and 5 assists. He was also one of the Raptors who could not hit a shot in this game of non-defensive basketball as he was 2 of 10 from the floor and only went to the line 4 times (hitting 3 of them) and Sonny Weems was 2 of 9 from the floor and in the end James Johnson was 6 for 11 from the floor with 14 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks but if he so scary why did he not give his teammates a rude awakening
Blake show tomorrow
Tom Mehegan
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