Quincy Acy comes up aces but Bulls still trample Raps

Quincy Acy in only 15 minutes on the court against the Derek Rose less Bull and was full marks as he worked his butt off and put Carlos Boozer in foul trouble as he created with taken four charges, It helped the Raps come back from a 76-57 deficit in the third quarter quieted down Boozer in the second half as he had 25 points at recess and had to sit a lot in the second half because of foul trouble and ended up with 11 points after the first half. Acy in 7 games in 2013 has stayed on the floor for double digits in 4 of the games and tied a career high in boards which he set on Friday when he had his career high in playing time with 18 minutes against the Bobcats but did set a career high in points with 8 on 4 of 4 shooting. He simply just set the tone for the Raps who a chance to go ahead with 12 seconds left in the game with Amar Johnson at the line but he missed his second free throw and the game was tied at 100 going into overtime where with a second left Amar Johnson gets fouled and as he gets hit he leans back and heavies up a shot but the Bulls had a foul to give. So it was a side out for the Raps and the ball got into Calderon's hands for a three to win it down by two at the buzzer but it was just the Raps luck as they watched the ball hit the rim and bounce up and end up falling harmlessly to the ground and the Bulls run out with a 107-105 victory and Raps lose three in a row. The Raptors got a strong performances from Kyle Lowery with 26 points and most importantly went to the line 11 times and made 8 of them as the Raps went to the line 32 times and hit 23. Alan Anderson who took a very stupid foul in overtime to foul out of the game as he grabbed a Bull in the offensive position and going back on D still lead the Raps with 27 points but did take half of his 18 shots from beyond the arc and made 4 of his 10 made field goals also from downtown. Amar Johnson ended up only 5 points and 1 of 4 from the line but did collect 10 boards while DeMar DeRozan who got to the line 6 times and made them all was the only standout in the starting 5 tonight and was 6 of 13 with Ed Davis 11 points being the only other starter in double figures. Luol Deng for the Bulls was second on the Bulls with 19 points which was just less than half of Boozer's 36 points while Joakim Noah had 16 but lead the Bulls with 14 boards which was 2 more than Boozer's 12 as the Bulls out muscled the Raps on the boards 46-43. The Bulls lost Taj Gibson and Kirk Hinrich who both fouled out but it was Boozer who finished the fourth quarter with 5 and the Raps did nothing to get him out of the game in overtime which was a mistake. Raps continue to try hard and look to be doing the right things but are coming up short Tom Mehegan