The Raptors and their starting line-up which is averaging 22 years and 309 days and the young Raptors got off to a great start with a 13-7 and 17-11 first quarter leads but then the Bulls like the 55 win team they are showed at the end of the quarter as they ended the quarter on a 14-2 run to give the Bulls 29-21. The Raptors were led by DeMar DeRozan with 8 points and Ed Davis had 5 points and 5 boards, and Amir Johnson had 6 points in the first quarter and they shot just south of 29 % from the floor and missed at least 6 shots in a row but did go 9 of 10 from the line and the Bulls were Luol Deng had 10 points, Derrick Rose had 8, and Taj Gibson had 6 points and 4 boards.
In the second quarter the Bulls start the way they ended the first by building in their lead with a lot of help from Carlos Boozer who had 10 in the quarter and Derrick Rose had 5 points and took a 53-43 lead into the third quarter while the Raptors were led by Barbosa with 10 points and Ed Davis had 6 points in the quarter.
The third quarter the Raptors made a run to get back into the game and with a DeMar free throw with just over 3 minutes left tied it at 74-all and then the Bulls scored 9 of the last 10 points of the quarter to take a 83-75 lead into the fourth quarter. The Raptors were led by Jerryd Bayless, the starting point guard, with 14 points in the quarter and Derrick Rose had 14 points in the quarter for the Bulls and was a big part of their late run to build the lead once again.
The Raprtors made another run in the fourth quarter and with 2 minutes with the Bulls up 102-98 left Carlos Boozer misses a shot from 9 feet out at the end of the shot clock and he gets the rebound and Kyle Korver hits a 3-ball to give them a 105-98 lead and basically the nail in the coffin for the Raptors. DeMar got 9 points in the quarter and Barbosa got another 6 while the Bulls were lead by Taj Gibson with 8 points, Derrick Rose with 8 points, and Kyle Korver proves its not how many you get but when you get them with 5 in the last 2 minutes as the Bulls edge out a win 113-106.
In the end ...
The Bulls scored 60 points in the second half and really I do not care that they stuck around with the Bulls but if you are going to give up that many points in a have you simply can not and will not win games and with a ouch of defense you can actually have a chance at winning the game and to think a rebound with 2 minutes left changed the game. This means the Raptor players don't need to go to the summer league but instead lock them in a dungeon until they learn to play strong keep your man in front of you and contest ever shot and then if they get out and don;t do it just send them back. I understand that Derrick Rose is the MVP conscience choice but letting go off for 14 in the third is big reason the Bulls won and 36 and 10 assists in the game while Ed Davis was the only one grabbing rebounds as he picked up 1/3 of all Raptors 33 boards with 11 while the next closest Raptor had 5 and with Reggie having only 3 he must be hurt someone like Amir or James needs to step it up or give some rub to Julian Wright (was on the floor for 3 minutes) or Joey Dorsey (must of been coach's decision). The Raptors did get a big 9 points from DeMar in the fourth and he did have 26 in the game which is OK along with Jerryd Bayless 26 with 8 assists as he put up almost double shots (14) to assists (8) and Ed Davis had 17 to go with the 11 boards with 3 blocks while James Johnson had 7 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists but the 2 fouls in 2 minutes to start the game really hurt him in his return to Chicago. The stat of the night has to be the Raptors only turning the ball over 8 in the game while most games they do that in a quarter along with going 21 of 24 from the line.
four games in 5 nights thank you lord of basketball the season that much closer to being over
Tom Mehegan
Derrick Rose had another huge game last night! He is the sixth player in the last 25 seasons to have at least 35 points, 10 assists, and three blocks in a single game. If he continues to play at that level, look for Chicago to win its first NBA title in the post-Jordan era!
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