Tony Parker lead the Spurs as he put up 34 points as he was 12 of 12 from the line which helped the Spurs to go 23/25 from the line and shot 48% from the floor (11/23 from the floor) and he was not shooting he was putting the ball into the hands of teammates who had high percentage shot as he had 14 assists and the Spurs had 53.9% shooting from the floor. They were shooting 56% @ half and then shot almost 56% from the floor in the third but the Spurs did not use any other starter very much as Parker's 39:18 of floor time was almost 12 minutes more than any other starter and they decided to rest Tim Duncan as he played just over 19 minutes and he had 8 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists and left the game half way through the third quarter and was done for the night. Danny Green was 3 of 6 from beyond the arc and ended up with 13 points and ended with 7 of the Spurs 37 boards and Tiago Splitter with 6 of 8 from the floor to go with 5 boards and ended with 13 points while red rocket (Matt Bonner) had 10 points and 5 boards.
The Raptors were lead by DeMar DeRozan who had 28 points as he shot 62% from the floor (13/21) and it helped the Raptors shot 54.7% from the floor but once again the Raps were down by 11 points in the first quarter and were down 14 points in the second quarter and they were down 10 @ half and were shooting 47% but came out in the third quarter and made their first 7 shots and shot over 60% in the quarter. They got the lead down to 5 by the end of the third quarter and they got a few stops in the fourth but went for 3's after stops and the Spurs went into the paint when got stops and built up the lead again and won the game 113-106 in a very high scoring game. Calderon had 8 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and over 50% (8 of 14) and 11 assists and Amir had 7 of the Raps 35 boards to go with his 10 points but with Bargnani and Bayless still out they had no Kleiza as he turned his ankle last night so Anthony Carter played over 20 minutes and had 7 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists who helped rest Calderon who play 34 minutes and Rajai Butler had 10 points, 3 boards and assists in the game which was a better performance this season. Ed Davis continued to improve with 10 points and 5 assists but the Raps hurt themselves by not getting to the line a lot only 9 of 14.
The all-star is close only two games in the next almost two weeks
Tom Mehegan
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