Bargnani and DeRozan help the Raps finally beat the Bobcats

The Raptors were shooting over 52% at half and was leading 53-46 and the Bobcats were shooting 39% and got 14 of their 46 from the line but the Raptors were lead off the bench by Kleiza who was 5 of 8 from the floor and 4 of them from beyond the arc to give him 14 points and Andrea Bargnani had 15 points in the first half and they hit 6 threes too. In the third quarter the Raps shooting went south and so did the Bobcats as the Bobcats shot under 33% in the quarter and the the Raps shot just over 40% and both teams got 18 points and if it was not for DeMar DeRozan the Raps would been of buried deep going into the final quarter as he 10 of the Raps 18 points in the quarter and Bargnani had 4 more points in the quarter. In the fourth the Raps kept them at bay until the Bobcats went on a 8-2 to get within two points @ 81-79 with 2:44 left and got within a point @ 88-87 with 40.9 seconds left but Bargnani got 4 of his 11 fourth quarter points in the last 30 seconds of the game to help give the Raptors their first win in over two years against the Bobcats and the first back-to-back wins in 2012 as they won 92-87. The Raptors got 30 points from Andrea Bargnani, 20 from DeMar DeRozan, and 18 from Kleiza while Calseron had only a tech foul point but had 11 of the Raps 25 assists on 35 made baskets. The Raps beat on the boards by 8 (46-38) as the Cats got 14 from Byron Mullens who also lead them in points (20) as well but the Raps still got 9 from Arron Grey and 7 from Ed Davis. The Cats also made one less free throw (21) than the Raptors attempted (22 and made 15). In the end it was nice to see the Raptors break another long losing streak to a team this time to the woeful Bobcats who had won 6 games in a row against the dinos and winning back-to-back games @ the ACC since winning 5 of 6 @ the end of 2010 and every bad trend the Raptors can end going into the 2012-13 season is a great thing to change the losing stagnant that the Raptors have had since winning 47 games and 30 @ the ACC in the 2006-07 season. I hope a winning culture gets the team into the playoffs next season Tom Mehegan