Raptors Rapid Recap - Orlando 118 - Toronto 99

by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Dec 16, 2009 10:20 PM EST in Game Day Comment 2 comments

-Another Raptors' game, another blowout loss. I talked about this in this morning's post but that makes 11 on the season in terms of losses of 13 or more points. Again, by comparison, the 2005-06 Raptors' club that started 1 and 17 lost by 13 or more points only 13 times all season that year.

-Any positives to be gleamed? Precious few. Toronto allowed the Magic to shoot almost 70 PER CENT through most of this one and one could argue were never really in it.

-Chris Bosh led Toronto with 20 points and 6 rebounds but again just didn't have that extra bounce in his step. (Cue the "he's not giving the effort any more because this team is so bad" stories and rumours.) The rest of the team was fairly invisible aside from Hedo Turkoglu's early forays to the foul line (he was nine of nine on the night) and the occasional bench highlight. The bench in fact managed to get this one within 5 in the first half but after the starters returned, it was all downhill.

-For Orlando, they busted this one open early with a barrage of 3 pointers and they finished 14 of 30 on the night. This decimated the Raps' meager defensive efforts and soon the lanes opened up for the likes of Matt Barnes (20 points) and Anthony "Grampa" Johnson (13.)

-Up next for TO on what's slowly becoming the most disapointing season in team history? - The New Jersey Nets. And while this one looks like an easy W on paper (Nets are 2 and 24 on the season), with the way Toronto's played of late, fans know this could be a battle in reality.

PS - Tune in to the Fan590 right now to hear RaptorsHQ's Ray Bala (Canball report) talk ball with Zack Cooper and other guests!

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There’s a reason most Toronto sports fans have stopped paying attention to the Raptors and focused more on the Leafs (More than usual I mean). Not only do the Raptors lose in blowouts. They lose in blowouts without showing much effort, aside from when the opposing team has an off night offensively. At least when the Leafs lose they show like they’re giving their best.

If all we know, this team could turn it around and show, at the very least, half-decent defense. Though, it requires effort, and this team just doesn’t show it. I think there may have been worse seasons in the past for the Raptors, but this could be up there as one of the worst. If this team continues to play like they have, Bosh has to get traded. It would be too risky to keep him, even if we are close to the 8th and final spot in the playoffs.

I wonder who the Raptors will pick in next year’s draft. I’m getting pretty close to giving up on this soft, cruddy excuse of a team for this season, and so are a lot of other fans. The Raptors need a miracle…

by Frag on Dec 17, 2009 1:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

i give up.

Can we start talking about possible moves the raps can make with bosh in order to rebuild this team on the fly? I think that’s the inevitable next step at this point.

by j-deep on Dec 17, 2009 7:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs