Raptors Rapid Recap - Toronto 115 - Sacramento 104

by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Feb 7, 2010 2:55 PM EST in Game Day Comment 10 comments

-With a 115 to 104 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Superbowl Sunday, the Toronto Raptors win their seventh straight at home and jump to five games over .500.

-Chris Bosh led the way again for the Raps with 36 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, but he also got some help on O from Andrea Bargnani (22 and 8) and "the Ottoman," Hedo Turkoglu, who despite wearing his Zorro mask, chipped in 16 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds before fouling out.

-With off days by Jarrett Jack, Jose Calderon and Amir Johnson, it was Antoine Wright who again played a pivotal role off the bench in the win. Along with a huge 16 point, 5 rebound and 4 assist game (including an uber-efficient 6 of 7 from the field), his defence, along with that of Sonny Weems and Chris Bosh, turned the tide in the middle of the fourth quarter, and the Raps ran away with it from there.

-This was no walk in the park however. Much like last Wednesday's match against the Nets, the Raptors let their opponent hang around and Sacto actually led in fourth quarter at several points. The Kings got great bench production from the likes of Sean May, Andres Nocioni and Beno Udrih, but down the stretch couldn't get stops, and displayed some horrid shot selection. Kevin Martin in particular did his best "chucker" impersonation scoring 24 points, but on 7 of 18 shooting. And rookie stud Tyreke Evans started strong, but just wasn't a factor in the second half with Martin dominating the shots. Tyreke (or, Tyrekeee, as Jack Armstrong pronounced it all game) finished with only 11 points.

-Up next - final game before the All-Star break where the Dinos take on the Philadelphia 76ers. Philly has been playing much better of late, winning four straight, so Toronto can't expect to waltz through the game like they did this afternoon. The team might be the healthiest it's been all season however as not only will DeMar DeRozan, Hedo Turkoglu and Jose Calderon be in the line-up for the second straight match (all played today), but Marco Belinelli should be rested up from his ankle sprain, and...drum roll...Reggie Evans may finally be ready to return to take on his old mates.

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That mask unleashed the inner BALL in Hedo. Good to see as well as the win.

Ball.

by Casusby on Feb 7, 2010 3:14 PM EST reply actions

It looked tighter and more uncomfortable than other masks I’ve seen, maybe because it was covering a smaller area.

I’m looking for some fierce Reggie Evans coming off the bench against Philly

by torontocoltsfan on Feb 7, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

cant wait to see reggie evans back in action

by Caps Canadian Connection on Feb 7, 2010 3:56 PM EST reply actions

great win..i didnt know that if they win wednesday that they would tie a francise record in wins before the allstar break? thats pretty impressive considering how the season started out

by sherwin316 on Feb 7, 2010 4:19 PM EST reply actions

Impressive indeed. Shows how tough the schedule was when factoring in trying to get nine new players on the same page too!

by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Feb 7, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

re off days for Jack/Calderon

Franchise:
May they have many more with the offense scoring 115 pts

Jack with 28 mins, 9asts, 7 pts, thru 3 qtrs, and Jose with 21mins 2asts, 7 pts and playing the entire 4th quarter shutting down Sac 31-17, although not scoring big numbers were key facilitators in the win. There is no need for them to score more with the offense humming, as it was.

by Johnn19 on Feb 7, 2010 4:33 PM EST reply actions

Defense was the problem, especially in the third quarter, but on days like this when TO can’t get stops, it would be nice to have as much firepower as possible. Not sure I’m QUITE ready to hang my hat on Antoine Wright each game…

by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Feb 7, 2010 5:29 PM EST up reply actions