Forget that he is playing for the lowly New Jersey Nets. The Toronto Raptors finally beat Deron Williams. Williams has owned the Raptors over his career (like most star point guards) and it took him landing on a crappy team for the Raptors to finally get the best of him yesterday.
Williams had played the Raptors 14 times previously as a member of first the Jazz and then the New Jersey Nets. In all 14 games, Williams went home a winner, until yesterday afternoon.
The Raps actually showed up against an opponent in the first quarter for the first time in weeks, and then built a lead before coasting home to a 94-73 win.
The bigger story. The victory gave the Raptors a 3-2 record on their five-game trip, the first time since 2001 that the franchise has had a winning record in a road trip that was five games or more.
So what do you think about your tanking Raptors now? They are starting to show a little moxy. I know beating the Nets is not much of a story but the two wins in Phoenix and U...
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