Diversity Our Strength - A Toronto Raptors Association

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DeRozan's 42 and Ross's double-double lead Raptors over Knicks

After several strange events that had happened for the Raptors, they managed to pull off the win against a struggling Knicks team. While most of the team was struggling, DeRozan and Terrence Ross carried the team throughout the whole game. DeRozan finished with a game-high 42 points and Ross had his first double-double with 25 points and 11 assists. Ross, however, turned the ball over 4 times during the process. Brook Lopez had a good day on the boards with 11, rejecting the ball 5 times, and was 2 points away from a double-double. Avery Bradley, who was reported missing for the past 2 days, mysteriously fell from the ceiling of Madison Square Garden and landed on Spike Lee. Bradley ended with 8 points and 8 assists. For the Knicks, they are still adjusting to the triangle offense. Carmelo Anthony was struggling for the whole game until the fourth quarter when he went on fire. Tyson Chandler was dominating the paint all game long with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Clint Capela and Bargnani scored in double digits for the Knicks bench; but for the Raptors, only Steve Novak was able to score double digits. Maybe the Knicks would have won if it wasn't for J.R. Smith taking ill advised shots all game. The Knicks sixth man scored 6 points on 3-10 shooting and went 0-4 from beyond the arc.

Toronto Raptors () at New York Knicks ()
Dec 8, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Toronto 32 24 31 28 115 New York 25 21 28 32 106 Top Performers Toronto Raptors DeMar DeRozan | 42 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 3 STLS Terrence Ross | 25 PTS, 3 REB, 11 AST, 4 TO New York Knicks Carmelo Anthony | 32 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1-5 3PT Tyson Chandler | 24 PTS, 14 REB, 2 STLS, 2 BLK	Team Stats Comparison TOR NYK FG Made-Att 46-80 45-95 3PT Made-Att 7-15 4-14 FT Made-Att 16-19 12-14 Rebounds 39 43 Assists 32 17 Turnovers 13 10 Steals 9 12 Blocks 12 3
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Avery Bradley 35 3-4 0-0 2-3 1 8 0 0 2 8 DeMar DeRozan 35 17-24 2-3 6-7 2 4 3 1 2 42 Terrence Ross 39 9-17 3-8 4-4 3 11 1 1 4 25 Terrence Jones 32 3-6 0-0 1-2 10 1 0 1 2 7 Brook Lopez 39 4-7 0-0 0-0 11 1 2 5 2 8 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Patrick Patterson 15 1-2 0-0 2-2 5 4 2 3 1 4 Greivis Vasquez 15 1-7 0-1 1-1 1 3 0 0 0 3 Jae Crowder 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Novak 12 4-4 2-2 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 10 LaQuinton Ross 8 4-6 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 8 Landry Fields DNP Chuck Hayes DNP
New York Knicks STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Kendall Marshall 42 1-2 1-1 0-0 3 3 3 0 2 3 Iman Shumpert 24 1-3 0-1 0-0 3 2 2 0 1 2 Carmelo Anthony 40 13-25 1-5 5-5 5 40 0 0 0 32 Amar'e Stoudemire 25 5-11 0-0 2-3 3 1 1 0 1 12 Tyson Chandler 32 10-22 0-0 4-4 14 4 2 2 3 24 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS J.R. Smith 26 3-10 0-4 0-0 4 2 0 0 2 6 Tim Hardaway Jr 20 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Clint Capela 15 6-8 0-0 1-1 7 0 2 1 0 13 Andrea Bargnani 13 5-12 1-1 0-1 4 0 1 0 1 11 Aquille Carr DNP Earl Clark DNP Carlos Delfino DNP

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I just want to let everyone know that I'm going to speed it up because I'm really ahead. I will just post recaps of all the non-important games and when it is a good or important game, it will be the normal thing.

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Matchup Preview *|* December 28, 2014
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Toronto Raptors (, Away)		New Jersey Nets (, Home)
Projected Starters Avery Bradley Point Guard Jeremy Lin DeMar DeRozan Shooting Guard Shaun Livingston Terrence Ross Small Forward John Salmons Terrence Jones Power Forward Amir Johnson Brook Lopez Center Omer Asik Injury Report Joe Johnson/Broken Arm 6-8 weeks Game Notes On Brook Lopez's return to Brooklyn, Toronto is still the 12th seed. Toronto will end their road trip in Brooklyn before going back home. The rebuilding Nets are currently the last in the Eastern Conference and without Joe Johnson. Despite their struggles, the Raptors are hoping to come up with a win against one of the weakest teams in the NBA this season.

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Massacre in Brooklyn

Struggling in the East, the Raptors really needed this win tonight. Going against the Nets, the worst team in the East, the Raptors showed no mercy. 911 came running into the Barclays Center right after the game ended. There are no reports on how many people have left the building during this massive 42 point blowout. The only players from the Nets that scored over 10 points were Jeremy Lin with 21 and Teletovic with 15. The Nets scored 29-76 from the field and 2-13 from the 3 point line. The major victims of the event were Marcus Thornton and Mason Plumlee. Although Thornton is the main scorer on the bench, he played horrible going a whopping 1-14 from the field and making no threes at all in five attempts; but the good news is that he made all of his free throws. For Plumlee, he only made 1 field goal in 6 tries and was just getting shut down by Steve Novak (when Novak is playing like a lockdown defender, you know there is something wrong with the team). Novak guarding Plumlee was like Bill Russell on Kwame Brown. Jason Kidd probably wanted to spill his drink, but all of the drinks were used to try to stop the fire from the Raptors' scoring. On the bright side, Jason Collins scored 9 points in 12 minutes.

Anyways, let's start talking about the Raptors' side of the game. From the start of the game to the end of the game, the Raptors were burning down the city of Brooklyn. Many houses were destroyed from the Raptors' 40-66 field goal and 10-19 from beyond the arc. Nobody knows how were the Raptors pulling this off, but it happened. DeRozan led the team in points with 22 and did not have any other stats except for 1 block and 1 turnover. Terrence Ross is the player of the game with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block in 6-8 shooting and making 1 3 pointer. Eventually, the Raptors' starters just decided to visit the Brooklyn Museum and the bench was playing for the majority of the second half. Despite only playing for 8 minutes, Landry Fields led the bench with 14 points, 4 rebounds, and making all 4 of his 3 pointers. All of the bench players had the chance to show what they have. Greivis Vasquez still ran the offense with 11 points and 7 assists, and Patterson had a good stat line of 7 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. For the rookie watch, second rounder LaQuinton Ross struggled with his shot but was able to put up 7 points to go with his 3 rebounds, 2 assits, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Toronto Raptors () at Brooklyn Nets ()
Dec 28, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Toronto 37 26 29 21 113 Brooklyn 20 16 17 18 71 Top Performers Toronto Raptors DeMar DeRozan | 22 PTS, 1 BLK, 8-12 FG, 5-5 FT Terrence Ross | 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK Brooklyn Nets Jeremy Lin | 21 PTS, 6 AST, 4 TO, 9-17 FG Mirza Teletovic | 15 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STLS, 7-9 FG	Team Stats Comparison TOR BKN FG Made-Att 40-66 29-76 3PT Made-Att 10-19 2-13 FT Made-Att 23-26 11-18 Rebounds 35 36 Assists 20 14 Turnovers 12 12 Steals 8 8 Blocks 9 1
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Avery Bradley 25 3-8 1-1 0-1 1 4 1 2 3 7 DeMar DeRozan 29 8-12 1-2 5-5 0 0 0 1 1 22 Terrence Ross 23 6-8 1-2 4-4 5 2 0 1 0 17 Terrence Jones 22 1-1 0-0 2-2 7 2 1 2 2 4 Brook Lopez 22 5-8 0-0 4-5 3 0 1 0 1 14 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Novak 25 3-3 2-2 0-0 3 1 2 2 1 8 Patrick Patterson 24 2-5 0-2 3-3 6 2 0 0 1 7 Greivis Vasquez 24 4-5 0-1 3-4 1 7 1 0 1 11 LaQuinton Ross 23 3-9 1-4 0-0 3 2 1 1 0 7 Jae Crowder 16 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 2 Landry Fields 8 4-6 4-4 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 14 Chuck Hayes 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brooklyn Nets STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jeremy Lin 28 9-17 1-2 2-2 1 6 1 0 4 21 Shaun Livingston 23 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 2 John Salmons 21 2-3 1-1 0-0 2 1 2 0 0 5 Amir Johnson 23 2-5 0-1 0-0 4 0 0 0 2 4 Omer Asik 1-2 0-0 2-2 2-2 4 0 1 0 0 4 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Mirza Teletovic 27 7-9 0-1 1-2 6 0 1 0 0 15 Mason Plumlee 27 1-6 0-0 2-2 7 2 1 1 1 4 Marcus Thornton 25 1-14 0-5 2-2 2 1 1 0 0 4 Kirk Hinrich 23 0-7 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 0 Lamar Odom 14 1-3 0-1 1-2 5 1 0 0 1 3 Jason Collins 12 4-6 0-0 1-1 4 0 0 0 0 9 Andrei Kirilenko DNP

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Matchup Preview *|* January 13, 2015
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Los Angeles Lakers (, Away)		Toronto Raptors (, Home)
Projected Starters Dante Exum Point Guard Avery Bradley Kobe Bryant Shooting Guard DeMar DeRozan Shawn Marion Small Forward Terrence Ross Andray Blatche Power Forward Terrence Jones Spencer Hawes Center Brook Lopez Injury Report Trevor Ariza/Torn ACL Season Game Notes Lakers were hoping to come back after a nightmare season. However, the Lakers just kept losing games after forward Trevor Ariza tore his ACL in the third game of the season. The Raptors knows that this is a win they must get, but the Lakers won't make it easy. With a deadly backcourt of Rookie of the Year candidate Dante Exum and Kobe Bryant, DeRozan and Avery Bradley will have work to do on the defensive side of the court.

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Who's guarding DeRozan?

The Lakers are still in a downhill, and the Raptors are taking advantage of it. DeMar DeRozan came to play going 9-15 from the field with 1 three and 7 free throws. He also helped out on the defensive side by guarding the Black Mamba. Kobe struggled as he only went 8-21 and his backcourt partner Dante Exum was not helping as much either. Having gone into foul trouble, Exum only played for 22 minutes. The surprise of the game came from the Lakers big man Spencer Hawes. The Lakers kept feeding Hawes in the post, and he ended with 25 points and 11 boards to go with it. From the Lakers bench, it was not as deadly as it usually was. Swaggy P struggled the whole game and only scored 9 points. Ed Davis led the bench in points with 10. DeRozan was aided by Terrence Ross and Avery Bradley. Avery Bradley did well in causing Dante Exum to foul out of the game early in the third quarter. As for Terrence Ross, he scored 19 points in 7-11 shooting. The two starting big men for the Raptors did not have to score much the whole game, but they combined for 13 rebounds and 7 blocks. Once again in eight minutes of playing time, Landry Fields goes on fire for 14 points.

Los Angeles Lakers () at Toronto Raptors ()
Jan 13, 2015 1 2 3 4 Final Los Angeles 23 21 22 28 94 Toronto 21 28 26 22 97 Top Performers Los Angeles Lakers Spencer Hawes | 25 PTS, 11 REB, 4 STLS, 2 BLK Kobe Bryant | 17 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STLS Toronto Raptors DeMar DeRozan | 26 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK Terrence Ross | 19 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK	Team Stats Comparison LAL TOR FG Made-Att 41-85 36-71 3PT Made-Att 2-6 7-14 FT Made-Att 10-16 18-23 Rebounds 42 37 Assists 12 18 Turnovers 9 14 Steals 12 5 Blocks 9 12
Los Angeles Lakers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Dante Exum 22 4-4 0-0 3-5 4 3 1 2 0 11 Kobe Bryant 41 8-21 1-3 0-0 3 2 1 0 2 17 Shawn Marion 30 1-2 0-1 0-0 4 1 1 1 0 2 Andray Blatche 28 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 0 1 6 Spencer Hawes 37 10-16 0-1 5-6 11 0 4 2 1 25 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Nick Young 31 4-13 1-1 0-0 3 1 2 0 1 9 Ed Davis 22 5-12 0-0 0-1 9 0 0 2 1 10 Darius Morris 20 2-5 0-0 2-2 1 3 1 1 3 6 Robert Sacre 11 3-5 0-0 0-2 3 1 1 0 0 6 Kent Bazemore 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Baron Daivs 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Kelly DNP
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Avery Bradley 35 6-14 2-3 1-2 1 7 0 0 3 15 DeMar DeRozan 32 9-15 1-2 7-7 5 2 1 1 2 26 Terrence Ross 40 7-11 1-5 4-4 5 4 1 2 2 19 Terrence Jones 38 3-5 0-0 1-2 7 1 0 4 1 7 Brook Lopez 32 2-3 0-0 2-2 6 0 1 3 3 6 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Greivis Vasquez 16 4-10 0-0 1-2 2 2 0 0 3 9 Patrick Patterson 15 0-1 0-1 0-0 5 1 0 1 0 0 Jae Crowder 15 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 1 0 1 Steve Novak 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 0 0 0 Landry Fields 8 5-10 3-3 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 14 LaQuinton Ross DNP Chuck Hayes DNP

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Nice Association! And also the story lines are CRAAZZZY and kind of unrealistic but very good, creative, and dramatic.

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January 24, 2015

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