The Raptors welcomed back a come of players to the court tonight as Joey Dorsey crawled out from under what ever rock he was under or maybe Reggie Evans sat on him and maybe Triano found him when Reggie Evans got off his chair and actually got on the court and played for the first time in month. To start the game Ed Davis was on fire in the first quarter and had 10 pointa while C.J. Miles had 11 in the quarter too as the Jazz pulled away late in the quarter taken a 31-26 lead into the second quarter while in the second quarter Al Jefferson had 10 of his 34 points in the game while Sonny Weems kept James Johnson on the bench with 7 second quarter points (I do not get why Triano goes with an offensive guy over a defensive guy or why Johnson gets like the first and third quarters and Weems gets quarters 2 and 4 no matter what). The Jazz got 3 free throws at the end of the half and made one to give them a 52-50 lead into half time just after cry baby DeMar DeRozan hit a jumper to make it a 1 point game and he has been yapping so much that he is getting offensive fouls going to the basket ( really needs to keep his mouth shut and play the game and that goes double for Triano and his coaching staff because the Raptors are getting more fouls called against them so it is not working).
In the second half the Jazz come out and go on a 8-2 run to open a 8 point lead but with a run of 16-4 in the last 5:45 to finish the third quarter leading 78-70 and with a 8-4 run to open the first 3:39 of the fourth quarter and the climb max came with a 88-76 lead with 6:46 left in the fourth quarter as the Jazz outscored the Raptors 20-6 the rest of the game lead by the 3-ball making 4 straight to make it 90-88. It came down to a tie ball game @ 94 with 42 seconds left and with Reggie having inside position of Al Jefferson when a Jazz missed shot with 18 seconds left Reggie is called for a foul and the Jazz are able to take last shot so Devin Harris decides he's going to one-on-one with Jerryd Bayless and he drives it to the hoop but misses and that's great except the Raptors forget Al Jefferson on the rebound and he tips it in as the buzzer goes off and the Jazz win 96-94.
The Jazz got on Al Jefferson's back and rode him as he had 34 points and 8 boards while C.J. Miles had a couple of nice book ends with 11 in the first and 10 in the fourth of his 23 points in the game to go along with 7 boards while Devin Harris also had 23 points to go with his 5 assists in the game. DeMar DeRozan had a tough night at the office 4 of 16 from the floor but was 9 for 11 from the line as he lead the Raptors with 17 points while Sonny Weems was 6 for 10 from the floor and had 16 points with 5 boards in the game. Jose Calderon forgot to pass the ball this game (it seems to happen every once in a while) as he had double the shoot attempt 12 (made 7) than assists (6) in the game as he had 14 points while Reggie Evans was on the glass more than anyone else with 11 boards and got a lot more playing time than expected as Amir Johnson looked to have twisted an ankle and was in a really bad way. Ed Davis filled in for Andrea who was under the weather or something and put up points (12) but was less active on the boards with only 3 of the Raptors 41 boards as they controlled the boards thanks to Reggie 41-33 but the Jazz passed the ball around a little bit more 21-18 and the Raptors stunk the joint out in the second half of the fourth quarter and gave the Jazz the W when it was diffidently their for the taken but more loses means more ping pong balls as scouting starts soon (March Madness).
Nice to Reggie again I did not think we would see him in Raptor's colors again
Tom Mehegan
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