The Raptors only put up 62 points tonight the Sixers and it was the second lowest point output at the Wells Fargo Center by an opponent as they lost handily 97-62 in a back-to-back situation were the Raptors were not breaking down the Sixers and instead settling for jumpers and they just did not the legs to hit and ended up shooting 31.8% from the floor and only got to the line 12 times and even worse only hit 7 of them. The Sixers took a page out of the Nets playbook and broke the Raptors down and ended up with easy baskets at the hoop and when they took jumpers they were clean with nobody with a hand in their face and they went to the line 27 times and making 20 and they were lead by Thaddeus Young with 12 points and Louis Williams with 13 points both of the bench had 45 points and the Raptors bench had 14 points. The Sixers starters were lead by Andre Iguodala who had 14 points and 11 in the first half and Jrue Holiday had 14 as well in the game and the Sixers out rebounded the Raptors in the second half 38-18 and had 20 assists in the game compared to the 15 the Raptors had.
The thing other than the Sixers bench that killed the Raptors was the turnovers with 17 and 10 @ half when they were down 41-34 thanks to second chance points off of offensive rebounds 10-2 and started well with the first 4 points of the quarter but after the Sixers called a timeout they just lite the Raptors up outscoring them 30-8 over a span of 8:15 and 32-11 after the timeout til the end of the quarter.
The Raptors were lead by Andrea who had 10 points and 8 boards in the first half ended with 21 points and 11 boards for his first double-double of the season and Amir Johnson had 8 points and 9 boards in the first half and end up with 12 points and 14 boards and Jose Calderon had 7 points and 7 of the 15 Raptors assists. Then there are the players that did not show up for the game as DeMar DeRozan had 6 points @ half and only 2 after half and it was another tough night at the office for Ed Davis who was 1 of 7 from the floor and 1 for 1 from the line to give him 3 points which also is his and DeRozan turnovers 3 each to go with Amir's 3. Butler and James Johnson continue to not produce at the three spot as Butler with 0 for 4 with 2 boards in 19 minutes and James was 3 for 11 from the floor and 1 of 3 from the line for 7 points to go with 7 boards in 30 and a half minutes.
So tomorrow the Raptors will be doing a lot of film study at the ACC before the Timberwolves come to town on Monday where someone is definitely going to have to put a body on Kevin Love who is a real glass cleaner and the Raptors have three games in three night as they head to DC Tuesday to face the Wizards and Wednesday back home to get down with the Kings.
Tom Mehegan
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