Sunday December 20 2009 – 3:58pm Eastern - Toronto, ON
Hornets @ Raptors
Final Score:
98 - 92, Raptors (Toronto now 13-17)
“Smith and Jones” Player of the Game:
CHRIS BOSH
25 points
11 rebounds
2 assists
10/16 FG
5/6 FT
“Alice Fazoolis” Player of the Game:
JARRETT JACK
15 points
7 assists
5 rebounds
2 steals
7/12 FG
Shout-out to the Hornets:
DAVID WEST
21 points
12 rebounds
2 assists
9/21 FG
Stats that stood out:
- Points in the Paint: 52-50 Hornets
- 2nd Chance Points: 19-11 Hornets
- Fast Break Points: 31-21 Hornets
- 15 turnovers for the Raptors … leading to 23 points for New Orleans
- In spite of those above stats though – all favouring the Hornets – TOR holds New Orleans to just 39.5% FG and 14.3% from 3PT land
- Toronto … second in the league in FT attempts and makes … go to the line only 19 times (13/19 – 68.4%)
Thumbs Up:
- Solid defence by Jack and Marcus Banks on all star guard Chris Paul (holding him to 3 of 13 FG … 10 points, 7 assists, 5 turnovers)
Thumbs Down:
- New Orleans pulled down 18 offensive rebounds … leading to 19 second-chance points. That has to improve for the Raps.
Smith Says:
- “A quality win over a quality opponent (although the Hornets are/were under .500). 2-0 now in this KEY 5-game stretch for the Raptors.”
Jones Says:
- n/a
Keep the 3-ball Streak Alive (890 games and counting):
- The Raptors were 3 of 15 from 3PT range
Next game:
- Raptors @ Pistons – Wednesday December 23 2009 – 7:30pm Eastern
- Tune in at 7:00pm for the pre-game show and just after 7:30pm for the “Pizza Pizza” starting line ups
* Missed the post-game show? You can catch it right here:
[audio:http://qml.quiettouch.com/files/radio/fan590/hotaudio/rappostgame-fan-20091220.mp3]
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Good win, exciting game right down to the final minute but ion truth, if Chris Paul had either been on or healthy, the Raps would have lost handily.
When you allow 19 offensive rebounds, it speaks AGAIN to defensive indifference (or ineptness). Truly disturbing.
Bosh continues to be an animal this year but Bargs is taking a step back again – no will to dominate.
As usual, a win is a win against a pretty good team but that effort would have been a loss against many.
As an aside, you just have to love Reggie Evans continuing enthusiasm from the bench; can’t wait to see him actually play.
Keep improving Raps.
- GaryHey, for me THUMBS UP TO Jay Triano!
Why, well instead of giving Antoine Wright any playing time he gave it to Sonny Weems which really should something to me! He really brought a spark off the bench with Banks and Amir! Unlike, Antoine Sonny didn’t do to much and played his game really well!
Again got to give Jay some credit and that putting Weems on instead of Antoine Wright who, plays one game and doesn’t play the next game really messed up the Raptors rotation!
And yea, Barganani didn’t domante BUT, if he made the open 3!!!!! 9/10 times he would have that would be the difference maker!
Thumbs Down: Sonny Weems free throws! He NEEDS to improve on that!
- Raps Fan No More!