Saturday, December 28, 2013
Andrea bargnani booed back to Toronto
Andrea bargnani was booed when he was introduced as the first Knick in their opening lineup and every time he touched the ball and scored a point or even got a rebound. He was booed when he left the game or came back into the game and even when he picked up a foul he was booed. The only time he was laughed at / cheered is when he was dropped on his wallet or when he had a Raptor school him off the bounce.
It is silly that booing guys who once wear a Toronto on his stomach gets booed especially in Bargnani's case where nobody would be brave enough to say they wanted wearing a Raptors Jersey it would be like a Nickelback fan as they would be hiding in the closet.
The Raptors schooling Bargnani and the Knicks 115-100 was not about only booing Andrea it was also welcoming the Raptors back to the city after a shocking 3-1 road trip where they smacked the Mavs and OKC in the mouth and walked out the victor and the crowd was on fire and loved the D effort and loved the way the Raps shared the ball 23 times and were loud with lets go Raptors chants and D-fence chants all game long.
Kyle Lowry fell 2 boards away from a triple-double (32 points, 11 assists, and 8 boards) while Terrance Ross put up 23 points including 7 of the 15 Raps from beyond the arc. DeMar DeRozan added 20 points as well even though he started slowly but ended up 6 of 7 from the line Jonas Valanciunas took control of the boards 10 helping the Raps out board the Knicks 45-37.
The Raps swept the Knicks away as last night the Raptors went into MSG last night and were down 11 right after halftime and came back to win 95-83 with the Knicks being booed off the court at the end of the game and it was Jonas Valanciunas who took down 18 boards to go along with 16 points that bettered Bargnani's 12 boards but he did have a team leading 18 points. DeMar DeRozan put up 25 points on only 13 shot attempt and went 9 of 14 having trouble shaking off the Christmas hangover just like Kyle Lowry 5 of 8 from the line after only missing one free throw coming in and still had a double-double with 15 points and 11 of the Raptors 21 assists.
The Raptors taught the Knicks in back-to-back nights as they had 95 boards to 79 for the Knicks and did not have anything early in the game at MSG and showed that they could battle through their problems and because of their strong D was able to hang around and beat the less defensive Knicks in the end which is not their style which is refreshing to see.
The Raptors started the week in San Antonio and lost to the Spurs 112-99 and it was a tough battle and was decided by 13 turnover especially early in the game and the Spurs went into the offensive paint and took down 16 boards on the offensive board and took down 10 more boards (50-40) lead by Tim Duncan with 12 and Leonard with 10. Tony Parker lead with 25 point and Marc Ginobili who had 19 points.
The Raps were in it down 6 (78-72) after three quarters but the Spurs controlled the fourth quarter 34-27 which is the worst fourth quarter since the Rudy Gay trade but Kyle Lowry and Terrance Ross put up 23 points each in a very tough loss.
Raptors continued a great total game
Tom Mehegan
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