Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Heat sweep Raptors as Raps melt in the second quarter

So with 5 and a half minutes left in the second quarter the Raptors were leading 39-32 and the Heat were without Bosh or Wade in the lineup so it looked like the Raps were going to play hard and keep it close and maybe even win the game but then the Heat heated up and took the Raptors to LBJ school as James had 9 points to end the quarter as the Heat went on a 17-6 run to take a 49-45 lead. The Raptors tied the game up with 2 and half seconds @ 49 but James sneaked past the Raptors and put up a tip-in @ the buzzer and the Heat took a two-point lead and LBJ scored more than the Raptors as he had 12 of the Heat 23 points and the Raptors had only 11 points in the quarter and the Heat without LBJ in the fourth quarter as he sat the fourth quarter and it did not matter as they still poured the hot water all over the Raptors as they outscored the Raps 22-12 and walked home with a 96-72 victory while the Raptors had only 23 points in the second half. The Raptors got a hot start from Alan Anderson who had 10 of the Raps 24 first quarter points and ended the game with 15 points and o for 8 from beyond the arc while James Johnson had 18 points and 6 boards to lead the team in both categories even though Solomon Alabi had 6 boards in 10 minutes. DeMar DeRozan had a very poor shooting night with 5 of 14 (just over 1 of 3) and ended up with 12 points while the rest of the team shot 43%. The Heat got help for James (12 of 15 for 28 points) from Mike Miller who was 3 of 3 of 4 from beyond the arc and ended the game with 13 points while Udonis Haslem had 7 boards as the Heat were plus 10 (41-31) on the glass and added 10 points in the game. So it was a tough almost 30 minutes of basketball and will need to learn from these tough lessons Tom Mehegan

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