DeMar DeRozan came out on fire as he had 14 points in the first quarter as the Raptors had a 12 point lead with help Jose Calderon who had 7 in the quarter to be up 27-15 after one quarter and the Raptors continued their strong effort in the second quarter opening the quarter on a 13-9 run to open their biggest lead of the game @ 40-24 lead by 7 points off the bench from Barbosa. This is when the Pacers take a timeout @ 6:22 and then they went on a monster run of 14-2 to make it 42-38 with Danny Granger capping it off with jumper followed by two free throws but then his night was over with 30.8 seconds left in the half as he blocked an Ed Davis dunk then stared at him on the ground and that was enough for the officials to give him his second tech of the game and he was finished and the Raptors took a 5 point lead into the second half 45-40.
In the third quarter the Pacers D stiffened and the Raptors were having difficulty finding open shots and the Raptors had 7 turnovers in the quarter after having only 8 in the first half and the Pacers on offense lived at the line as scored 9 of their 25 third quarter points lead by George Hill with 6 points and Roy Hibbert who had 5 quick points to start the quarter. The Raptors had a lot of fight in them all night as whenever the Pacers got it within 2 points the Raptors would respond with a basket of their own until Tyler Hansbrough went to finish off a three-point play and cut to one and then Paul George hit a basket with 40 seconds left to tie it @ 65 it was the first tie since 2-2 and that is how it went to the fourth.
The fourth quarter was much more a defensive battle then against the Kings on Wednesday as there were double digit lead changes in the quarter but it did not start well for the Raptors as they fouled the Pacers four times in the first two minutes. The Raptors battled hard and both teams were in the bonus quickly and then the defenses became even tighter and they traded baskets and the game came down to 91-90 Pacers and David West on the line shooting his second free throw after given the Pacers the lead with the first missed but tyler Hansbrough came down with the rebound and went to the line and made both to give them a three-point lead. Then the Raptors on the in-bounds pass send it to Jamaal Magloire and he is immediately fouled and misses both and the Pacers advance to 8-3 with a 95-90 victory while the Raptors fall to 4 and 8 on the season.
The Pacers were lead by George Hill with 22 points and was the guy after Granger left and Roy Hibbert helped with 15 while Tyler Hansbrough and David West both had 13 each. The Raptors were lead by their guards as DeRozan had 23 points, Jose Calderon with 14 points, and Barbosa with 20 ended up with 57 of the team's 90 points while Ed Davis in the starting lineup had 10 boards replacing Andrea Bargnani. The game in the end was won on the free throw line by the Pacers 32-38 (84%) and lost by the Raptors 20 of 32 (62.5%).
Running with the Bulls tomorrow night
Tom Mehegan
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