Ed Davis attacked the boards tonight and took down 15 of the Raptors 47 boards in the game and he had 10 of them in the first half and was a guy who saw Jamaal Magloire's effort (4 boards but was everywhere and doing everything) and with younger body just got everything he could out of it in 22 minutes and ended the game with 5 points.
DeMar DeRozan ended with 17 points and was 5 of 6 from the line but it was the Johnsons who got the most playing time with James getting 16 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals in 33 and a half minutes while Amir had 10 points and 6 boards in 29 minutes.
In the end the Raps did not get smarter during the all-star break as they came out flat against the Houston Rockets and were down 12 after the first quarter as it was 27-15 and the Raps shot 31% while allowing the Rockets to shoot 47%. The Rockets got 6 points from K-Mart and 8 from Luis Scola in the quarter but Jamaal Magloire came in and shutdown Scola and K-Mart as they did not have any second quarter points combined while the Raps got it down to 4 trailing 30-26 and started the second on a 11-3 run but then fell into old habits of not passing the rock and not attacking the basket and just three after three up and at half had not hit a single one going 0 for 8 from beyond the arc which allowed the Rockets to almost even the quarter as they went into the locker room with the 45-36 lead.The Raps have had their chances as they have a 28-19 rebound lead but also have a 11-5 turnover lead as well that was a 8-1 lead at a point and they have gotten to the line 12 times and made 8 of them by half and were 13 of 18 by the end of the game but the Rockets were 12 of 16 from the line in the half and 23 of 28 in the game. The Raps got their shooting upto 38.5 by half and upto 46.7% by the end of the game and Rockets down to 37.8 by halftime and even lower in the second half as they were shooting 38.7% at the end of the game so that after the first quarter the Raps shoot way over 50% and the Rockets shoot less than 35% and the question why can they not do it in the first quarter.
The game ended the way most Raptors game end with the opponents getting a rebound late in the game and this time it was K-mart (Kevin Martin missed a shot and Patrick Patterson came in and got the board even though the Raps were plus 10 on the boards. The Rockets were given the ball for an extra 24 with the score 85-83 Rockets and after some more good D Anthony Carter fouled K-Mart and he hit one of two free throws. Then with 11.7 seconds left the Raptors had the ball and it got into the hands of Kleiza who put up a three to tie the game but just like his other 4 it missed as the Raps attempted 17 and made only two in the game. The Rockets won the game 88-85 as they got 26 points (6 of 7 from the line), 3 boards, and 5 assists from Kyle Lowry while Luis Scola had 15 and 10 boards and K-Mart had 14 points (7 of 8 from the line) and 5 boards as the Rockets are now 6-1 in games decided by three points or less.
At least more lottery balls
Tom Mehegan
Tom Mehegan
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