The Raptors lead the Celtics from tip off to final buzzer and the Raps took everything from the Bullies from Boston and gave it right back to the bullies as Kleiza did not get distracted by Rondo's head games and after Garnett pushed DeRozan and DeRozan did not back down from Garnett. Garnett is a guy that has taken advantage of the Raptors and tries push and shove the Raptors and have even gone out and gave hard fouls and nobody has ever gotten into his face and the last game they played the Bullies from Boston beat down the Raps 100-64 in Boston and they had won 17 of 19 against the Raps going into tonight's game.
The Raps lead after one quarter 26-14 and was one of the most dominated start the Raptors has had this season especially as Pietrus hit a three with less of a second for the Bullies and DeRozan with his father in the crowd had 9 of his 13 first half points and Calderon had 8 points in the quarter and had 17 points as a back court in the quarter and 23 at the half. In the second quarter the Raptors lead @ half by 7 points as Barbosa had 7 points in the second quarter and Casey said at halftime they needed to continue to go into the paint and not carelessly throw the ball away as they had 7 first half turnovers and only had 4 turnovers in the second half and they scored their first 12 points from in the paint (4 baskets) and the free throw line (4 of 4). Both Johnsons had 6 points in the quarter and the Raptors lead by 12 after three quarters after being up as much as 16 in the quarter and they had 36 points in the paint and had a plus 10 on the boards. James Johnson had 2 blocks and a rebound in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter and the Raptors were 1 of 11 from beyond the arc and then Kleiza was 3 of 6 from there in the quarter that helped the Raptors beat the Bullies 86-74.
The Raptors had 19 3-balls which is better than the 24 they put up on Wednesday against the Bucks and 26 against the Wizards on Monday and had 20 free throws which was better than the past few games but they could be shooting less threes and free throws. They got 21 points from DeRozan and 7 of 7 from the line and 17 point and 14 assists from Jose Calderon while Arron Grey had 11 boards in 18 minutes and 12 points and 12 boards from Amir Johnson. James Johnson had a full rounded game with 7 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks to go with 14 points while Kevin Garnett lead the bullies with 17 points and 8 boards as the Bullies played the Lake show last night and Sunday hosting Bulls.
In the end I wish this kind effort was a trend instead of a fad
Tom Mehegan
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