Raptors back court comes up huge but unable to erase huge deficit

The Raptors starting back court of Kyle Lowery (27 points) and DeMar DeRosen (25 points) came up with 52 of the Raptors 100 points but they still fell to the Brooklyn Nets 107-100 in the first major sport game since 1957. The Raptors came out with a very good game plan and it worked extremely well for hem in the first quarter and it was the Nets who were looking up the mountain at a 10 point deficit (35-25) before cutting the lead to 8 on a Deron Williams field goal with 33 left in the quarter. They had a ratio of 12 assists and 1 turnover and in the second quarter it was the complete opposite as they had 8 turnovers and only 1 assist in the quarter and were doubled up by the Nets 33-17 as they took the 8-point lead to halftime at 60-52 with a C.J. Watson three at the buzzer at the half to push the lead to 8. In the second half the Nets continued their domination of the Raptors as they came out of the looker room in the second half on a 13-6 run to open the half and take a 73-69 point lead. Then the Raptors went on a huge run to end the third quarter 19-11 and scored the first 5 points of the fourth quarter all by Ed Davis to cut the Nets lead to 1 (84-83) with 8:46 left in the game. Brook Lopez had 7 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and Deron Williams had 5 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter as the Nets outscored the Raptors 23-17 down the stretch to win their first game as the Brooklyn Nets. Lowery had 8 of the Raptors 37 boards and had 8 of the Raptors 23 assists in the game as they lost that aspect of the game as they had 12 in the first quarter and 11 the rest of the game. Once again the bench has failed them as they got only 2 points from the bench not named Amar Johnson before the fourth quarter who had 11 points and four boards and in the fourth quarter Ed Davis had 11 of the Raptors 17 fourth quarter points and narrowed the bench advantage for the Nets 32-30. The Nets got 15 off the bench from C.J. Watson and former Raptors Reggie Evans did what he has done best by collecting 13 boards in the game for the Nets. Jonas Valanciunas had a rookie game and only play 12 minutes as he got 3 fouls very quickly and had two points and four boards while Landry Fields still has not found himself in the starting rotation as he is starting but is a non-factor with two points, 5 boards, and four assists in 22 minutes of action. The bench will need to come through huge tomorrow against the TimberWovles in a back-to-back Tom Mehegan