Raptors Rapid Recap: New York 96 Toronto 102
by RaptorsHQ - Howland on Mar 5, 2010 9:37 PM EST
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Print- Another night without the franchise guy (Chris Bosh out with the flu) but unlike the past few games others stepped up and the Raps got a much needed win against the Knicks. It got close down the stretch but the Raps managed to pull it out at the end.
- Player of the game? RaptorsHQ favorite Sonny Weems who led the team in scoring with 20 points and 9 rebounds. It was once again the Raps bench play that saved the day as all the starters, with the exception of Jarrett Jack were rather underwhelming.
- The Raps did a great job protecting the basketball only turning the ball over 8 times. Some of the credit for this goes to the Knicks defense (which is non-existent) but for the most part Jose Calderon did a great job manning the point. He had 6 assists and only one turnover.
- Another night where Andrea just didn't step-up as one would hope. He looked like a member of the Knicks at times - jacking up shots right, left and centre. He shot a terrible percentage from the floor and outside of DeRozan was outrebounded by every other Raptors starter.
- The Knicks are just a mess. Other than David Lee there isn't much to work with. Al Harrington is a ball hog, McGrady is a shell of his former self, and Gallinari still has to grow as a player. For the sake of Knicks fans they better have a decent summer (which does not include signing CB4).
- It was not a thing of beauty but the Raps got the much needed win. Up next for the Dinos is the 76ers.
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The Knicks are brutal. No defence whatsoever. I wonder how it feels to be Eddie House going from one of the most responsible defensive teams to this ragtag unit.
I’ve always supported Bargnani but clearly he is a very good supporting player (and there is nothing wrong with that…all teams need them). He is great with Bosh in that he does stretch the defence and is a great threat when defences collapse on Bosh. I just don’t see the ability to create. Rarely if ever do you see defenses feel the need to provide help defense on him.
Weems…wow! While DD was a little better today, I still think we need to change the starting lineup. Armstrong was making a big deal about us winning the 1st quarter for a change…if I recall, we were down (against the Knicks for goodness sakes) when the 2nd unit starting coming in. Weems is still young. I would love see him get extended minutes for a stretch.
Amir
so glad they started Amir over Rasho. AJ has earned it in Bosh’s absence, earned the minutes and played very well.
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