Raptors will have a chance to win two wins in a row as the Indiana Pacers come to town for the Raptors home opener and they are coming into town off a victory against the Detroit Pistons 91-79 in their home opener. So tomorrow night @ the ACC @ 6:00 the Raptors who won only 16 games @ the ACC last season and the Pacers who made the playoffs last season and only won 12 road games last season and the Raptors need to dominate opponents at home and should win 25 games @ home with opposite leaving the ACC without being battered and bruised.
The Pacers are much better at home than on the road and they have two board crashers of the board in both Roy Hibbert who had 14 and David West who had 12 in the game against the Pistons and it will be a challenge for Ed Davis to use his mass away from the basket and be tougher going up for boards and Amir Johnson will have to play as hard as he did against the Cavs on Monday when he took down 13 rebounds and 13 points in the game.
Also Danny Granger is the guy who puts put the most shots up with 18 shots and if a guy like Bagnani or Johnson can keep Granger away from the hoop because the further away from the hoop as Granger his shooting% goes way down and the Raptors need to not give up easy points and continue the strong defense that they played against the Cavs as they played tough defense for two thirds of the game.
The Raptors played well with the ball because they shared the ball as 83.3% of the shoots that were made had an assist which is a great formula for easy baskets and the better defense will give Amir and DeMar easy baskets which could build to stronger season than expected.
See U later
Tom Mehegan
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