Defensively, the Raptors yield 95.0 points against the opposing teams.
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The Lakers are two wins behind the cumulative prediction of 3-3.
“This is one of our stinkers of the year”, said coach Dwane Casey, who last week became the Raptors career leader in wins.
“We’ve got to find kryptonite when we play him or something because he always gets it going against us”. Bosh had a double-double (16 points, 12 rebounds) and Dragic (18 points) looked a lot more comfortable finding his spots.
DeRozan said the Heat’s 19-4 advantage on second-chance points was a major key but not the only factor. “We stopped moving the ball like we did earlier (when we) tried to explore both sides of the floor and get easy shots”. “They started scoring off our turnovers”.
Reggie Jackson scored 26 fourth-quarter points to lead a furious rally, and the Detroit Pistons stormed past the Portland Trail Blazers 120-103 at the Moda Center. In fact, the Raptors never trailed in the first quarter and led 24-22 heading into the second period. IN would fight back behind Paul George and George Hill to even the game 49-49 at half-time. At about the same time, Toronto was suffering its first defeat of the season at Orlando, dropping a 92-87 decision while shooting a season-low 34.9 percent from the field.
“Xs and O’s don’t mean anything if you’re not playing hard”, Bosh said. They gradually pushed the lead up to 74-63 to end the third, by which point the game started to feel out of reach.
“We got spanked today”. Chris Bosh had 21 points, 11 rebounds and two assists to lead the Heat. Johnson had 10 points, making four of five shots, including two of two on 3-pointers. Though the support was strong, Bhullar wasn’t all that productive, scoring just two points, while grabbing five rebounds.
Chris Bosh had a game-high 23 points on 8-of-14 field goal shooting including 3 three-pointers. The only other guard with a higher PER on the team is Dwyane Wade, which speaks volumes to Johnson’s overall abilities this season. We’re going to go back home and we will get back to work and bounce out of this.
The game also marked the continuation of a trend we’re pretty sure all Raptors fans would like to see end. (The reserves) played unbelievable during that run, especially on defense. James Johnson had played a total of 13 minutes this season prior to getting the start for DeMarre Carroll on Sunday night. SF James Johnson started in place of Carroll – the first disruption in the Raptors starting lineup this season….
Gerald Green, who missed the game with an illness, was hospitalized Wednesday morning without any solid reason. When the Heat score fewer than 100, they are a losing 1-3.
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This is the first meeting of the season for the conference rivals.
