Raptors need to earn respect

The Toronto Raptors like in the past believe that they are disrespected and demand the ref give them the "respect" calls that the elite franchises get and this past week in Sacramento against the Kings was no different. So in a game that be the difference between a winning and losing road trip the Raptors decide that will be good houseguests to Rudy Gay and his new teammates while former tenants got to remember how it felt living in Sacramento for three quarters and were down 20 large. Then in the fourth the Raptors with 28.5 seconds left with a Kyle Lowry 3-ball would of cut it to two with the meter still running most likely a foul but it goes the other way and Lowry is called for a flop and three is wiped out and he is T up and tossed from the game and the Kings go on to A 109-101 VICTORY. I agree that the Refs were putting on a show for the new boss Adam Silver who was at his first game since becoming the new commissioner of the NBA and yes the King got 51 free throws and the Raps only got 24 of them but was the Raptors style of play and more to the point lack of play that cost them the game and the winning road trip. If the Raps had stuck to the game plan of pounding that rock against the second worth % D in the paint then it would been a victory no matter what the refs decide to do and on D they were screen doors as DeMarcus Cousins (25 points and 10 boards) an Rudy Gay (24 and 10) used and abused the Raps and did not look like the 16 win team that they came into the game like. So the Raptors half the game the fouls would of been more even as they have played games where the opponents had a huge free throw advantage and by the end of the game it was pretty even because they stuck to the game plan and executed it. So the Raptors are playing like an above average Eastern conference team and have deserved some respect from stripes and I believe for the most part they have gotten what they deserve so if they play more of the game at a higher energy they will be taken the game out of the refs hands. Raptors have the first invasion of the pelicans of New Orleans and the Nuggets both at home before the all-star weekend and could get some respect by closing the pre-all-star break on a two-game winning streak Tom Mehegan