Jose Calderon is Rocky as the Raps are rolling

Jose Calderon took a shot in the middle of the second quarter and had to head to the Sixers locker room to get stitched up and he returned and was gone for the rest of the first half and then returned at the beginning of the third quarter with stitches over his eye and added to his 7 points and assists in the first with 5 points and 6 assists in the second half. DeMar DeRozan left the game late when he stepped on a Sixers foot and fell awkwardly and left the game and may be sidelined for a couple of games and he still had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 boards. The game against the Sixers was a real track race with little to no resistance for either teams offense as the Sixers shot 58% from the floor and Jrue Holiday was 8 of 8 from the floor and one was from beyond the arc and had 17 of his 20 points while Elton Brand added 14 of his 20 points in the first half. The Raptors were shooting 52% with Bargnani having 13 of his 24 points and DeRozan had 11 of his 18 while in his first start in six years Alan Anderson had 10 of his 13 points in the first half as the Sixers took a 56-55 lead into the second half. The Second half was a complete disaster for the Sixers as they were outscored 44-22 in the hal and were booed a number of times during the fourth quarter where they shot 3 of 20 from the floor as they scored only 7 points and when they scored late in the game they got a bronks cheer. They shot 6 of 16 in the quarter and shot 25% in the second half after shooting 25 of 43 in the first half and the Raptors out rebounded the Sixers 15-6 in the fourth quarter as they really out worked the Sixers as their fans told everyone and Ed Davis had 14 of the Raps 46 boards as they out rebounded them by 15 as they only had 29. The Raptors and the Sixers are headed in different directions as the Raptors who have no chance of the playoffs have won 4 of 5 and have 20 wins while the Sixers who have been in third spot in the conference as the division leader have now lost 8 of 12 and are holding onto seventh in the Eastern conference with a 29-25 record. Win environment is a good thing hope it continues next season Tom Mehegan