So Dwayne Casey is having a huge problem without Andrea Bargnani in the lineup and the rest of the team just do not show up at the beginning of the game as the Raptors showed up against the Portland Trailblazers with 2:47 left in the first half in the 94-84 loss when it was 47-27 Blazers. Then the Raptors outscored the Blazers 5-0 in the last 2:47 of the half and the Trailblazers were lead by LaMarcus Aldridge who had 23 points and 11 boards and Marcus Camby had 10 boards and they combined for 21 of the Blazers 30 first half boards. The Raptors got killed in the paint as they had 24 points in the first half and DeMar DeRozan went 2 of 10 from the floor with 5 points in the half and in the second half the Raptors outscored the Blazers 14-4 in the first 3:45 of the half and DeMar had 11 points in this run to cut the lead to 5 points @ 51-46. Then the Blazers took a timeout and Raymond Felton had 8 points in the rest of the third quarter and the Blazers back up to 15 point lead and the Raptors cut it to 9 by the end of the quarter and the final quarter came down to the 3:24 point when it was 86-77 Blazers and then they had 2:42 to cut down the lead but instead it was scoreless and it stayed @ 86-77.
DeMar went 5 of 11 from the floor and went 7 of 9 from the line in the second half and had 17 second half points while James Johnson had a good game after the Raptors started playing and had 12 of his 16 points in the last 26:47 of the game. Barbosa had a tough night going 5 of 16 from the floor but did get to the line 8 times and made 6 of them while Ed Davis had 10 boards of the raptors 40 in the game.
In the end one player did play the whole game and was unbeatable and that was LaMarcus Aldridge who had 33 points and a career high 23 boards and was the reason that the Trailblazers were a plus 15 on the boards (55-40) along with 10 boards from both Marcus Camby and Gerald Wallace.
Now the Raptors head to loop city with a 7 game losing streak and start a 5 game road trip
Tom Mehegan
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