Going into the second half the Raptors were iin good control of the game with the Nets shooting the ball well @ 47% from the floor but had turned the ball over 11 leading to 20 Raptors points and the Raptors had made 5 more free throws and even though the Raptors were shooting 41% they were leading 46-41.
The second half was a different story as the Nets came out and wanted the game way more than the Raptors and it started in the third quarter were the Nets shot well over 50% from the floor while the Raptors turned into a jump shooting team and shot under 25% and they outscored the Raptors 27-15. The Raptors tried to get back into the game but the Nets kept them at arms length but the Nets pulled away in the late fourth quarter as they outscored the Raptors 30-23 and they walked away with a 98-84 victory and beat the Raptors by 19 points in the second half. The Nets had another amazing game from Kris Humphries who had 16 points (8 in the second half) and 21 rebounds (11 in the the second half) of the Nets 48 rebounds in the game and then Gerald Green helped the Nets in the fourth quarter as he had 16 of the Nets 30 points in the third quarter and ended up with 26 points in the game. The Nets only had 6 turnovers in the second half and the Raptors had double their first half turnovers as they had 4 in the first half and 8 in the second half.
The Raptors were lead by Bayless who had 16 points and 10 assists but he had 8 of his assists in the first half and James Johnson also put up 16 points in the game while Andrea Bargnani had 10 points and 2 rebounds in 33 minutes shot 4 of 13 from the floor and just was not as strong as he was last night against the Cavilers. Then there is DeMar DeRozan who was 5 of 15 from the floor and was 2 of 4 from the line and had 12 points and 5 rebounds in the game while Amir had 9 of the 37 Raptors board and were minus 11 of the boards in the second of back-to-back game.
The Raptors are in the middle of 4 in 5 nights
Tom Mehegan
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