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Raptors Down Hawks on the Road
Derozan Continues Hot Start to Season

Demar Derozan is scorching hot to start the 2014-2015 season. After dropping 28 points against the Boston Celtics in their season opener, the Raptors shooting guard continued having the hot hand, scoring another 36 points against the Atlanta Hawks.

Due to their offensive outburst, the Raptors managed to top the Hawks 106-94 in the Hawks' home opener at Phillips Arena in Atlanta.

Derozan wasn't the only one providing points for the offence, as point guard Kyle Lowry also picked up 23 points for himself along with 12 assists, good enough for his first double-double of the season.

Paul Millsap and Al Horford each scored 23 and 22 respectively to sum up the offence for the Hawks, who also got 14 points from point guard Jeff Teague.

The outstanding difference between the two teams was the bench scoring. Toronto managed to 17 points from its bench players, while Atlanta only managed to get six points from its bench.

Former Hawks guard Louis Williams got to play against his former team for the first time in his career, and scored five points in ten minutes of action, including a three pointer in the final minute of the game that put the game out of reach for the Hawks.

Toronto Raptors (2-0) at Atlanta Hawks (0-2)
Nov 1, 2013 1 2 3 4 Final Toronto 24 22 33 27 106 Atlanta 28 12 21 33 94 Top Performers Toronto Raptors Demar Derozan | 36 Pts, 9 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Stl, 2 Blk Kyle Lowry | 23 Pts, 3 Reb, 12 Ast, 1 Stl Atlanta Hawks Paul Millsap | 23 Pts, 8 Reb, 4 Ast, 3 Stls Al Horford | 22 Pts, 19 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl	Team Stats Comparison TOR ATL FG Made-Att 44-93 (47%) 37-95 (38%) 3PT Made-Att 8-23 (34%) 3-7 (42%) FT Made-Att 10-11 (90%) 17-19 (89%) Rebounds 52 46 Assists 28 22 Turnovers 10 5 Steals 4 7 Blocks 4 3
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Kyle Lowry 34 9-18 5-8 0-0 3 12 1 0 3 23 Terrence Ross 37 7-14 1-4 4-4 6 4 0 0 0 19 Demar Derozan 34 16-25 1-4 3-4 9 3 2 2 4 36 Amir Johnson 30 2-6 0-0 1-1 10 1 1 1 1 5 Jonas Valanciunas 32 2-7 0-0 2-2 2 1 0 0 0 6 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Bruno Caboclo 8 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Landry Fields -- DID NOT PLAY -- Tyler Hansbrough 10 0-4 0-1 0-0 7 0 0 0 0 0 James Johnson 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 0 0 0 Patrick Patterson 15 3-4 0-1 0-0 6 0 0 1 0 6 Greivis Vasquez 8 1-7 0-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 1 2 Louis Williams 10 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 5
Atlanta Hawks STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jeff Teague 37 4-15 0-2 6-6 1 12 0 1 4 14 Kyle Korver 39 3-9 1-3 2-2 3 4 1 1 0 9 Demarre Carroll 34 8-17 2-2 2-4 6 0 1 1 0 20 Paul Millsap 35 9-19 0-0 5-5 8 4 3 0 0 23 Al Horford 33 10-19 0-0 2-2 19 1 1 0 1 19 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Pero Antic 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kent Bazemore 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Elton Brand 6 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Adreian Payne 11 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Dennis Schroeder 8 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Mike Scott 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Thabo Sefolosha 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0