Raptors' Rapid Recap - Utah 104 - Toronto 91

by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Nov 18, 2009 11:49 PM EST in Game Day Comment 4 comments

-Toronto ends its four-game Western Conference road trip with a 104 to 91 loss to the Utah Jazz tonight.

-Much like earlier in the week against the Clippers, the Raps got in a big hole early with some extremely lazy play at both ends. However again like the LA game, after being down big (18 points), Toronto charged back, getting as close as 3 points in the fourth quarter.

-Unfortunately that's as close as things got. The Dinos shooting went ice cold in the fourth quarter and they had no match for Utah's small back-court of Deron Williams and Eric Maynor.

-Bosh led the Raps with 32 and 17, and Marco Belinelli and Amir Johnson made huge contributions off the bench.

-For Utah, Carlos Boozer had 22 points and 18 rebounds, while Andrei Kirilenko pitched in a quiet 20 off the bench.

-Again, this game was another prime example of what happens when TO's jump-shots stop falling. The team shot only 37 per cent from the field, 24 per cent from long-range, and yet kept heaving them up.

-The club therefore finishes the roadie with a 1 and 3 record and drops two games under .500. And even though Toronto's next game is back at home, it's against a hot Miami team, and that's followed up by another tough home match against Orlando.

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The Raps were terrible in the first, but played great in the 2nd and 3rd….and then they reverted back to their god-awful trend of playing like garbage in the 4th quarter. So many times when they are either leading or the game is close, the Raps play the 4th like they intend to lose, and its become a rather annoying habit for them.

by Icedragon on Nov 19, 2009 12:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Not Worried

I might be the only one but I’m not the least bit worried abt this team. I think when healthy and clicking we’ve got a 6-8th place team in the east. That’s already wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than last yr.

The one thing I’ll say tho is we still need help on the wing, specifically a back-up SF with some size OR a starting calibre SG. I like DD and think he’s gonna be pretty decent but we need production from our SG position now.

by Member29 on Nov 19, 2009 8:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

bigs

As suggested way back when…
Bosh and Bargs should spend the least amount of time playing together .
For ego purposes start them together and yank the one who started the slowest..
I would pair Bosh with Evans or( Pops),and Bargs with AJ or (Pops)
POB in a mercy killing,and Rasho when we play the big snow man.
Please stop the the "Jose/Jack experiment…Banks ,even Rocko for that manner right now !!!!

by d279 on Nov 19, 2009 8:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Miami...

Not to be a smart ass or anything, but when you say a “Hot Miami team…” are you talking about the same Miami team that has lost two in a row by more than 10 points, lost three of its last four, and its only two wins in its last five games have come against a Jamison-less Wizards and the 0-12 Brooklyn Nets?

I’m not saying its a sure win…nothing for the Raps is a sure win, in fact, the only thing I’m reasonably sure of is that at some point in the game, they’ll be down at least double digit points…but they should win that game. Chalmers is banged up, Beasley is hot and cold, Bosh and Bargs are going to eat up O’Neil, and Amir and Haslem cancel each other out….Let’s hope Wade falls asleep.

by Goalie23 on Nov 19, 2009 9:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs