Welcome back, Andrea. What a difference one player can make. The Raptors finally snapped their awful 8 game losing streak with a win against the Phoenix Suns, defeating them for the first time since Feb. 10th, 2004, winning 99-96.
The Raps looked shaky off the bat, but as Andrea Bargnani found his rhythm, the Raptors fed off of his energy and never looked back.
Aaron Gray was inserted into the starting line-up today instead of Amir Johnson. I will analyse that closely on Thursday in my weekly mailbag.
Let’s get to the report card:
Offence- B
Positives
Andrea Bargnani showed signs of rust in the first quarter, but after that was absolutely on fire. Bargnani scored a season high 36, and was virtually unguardable.
James Johnson’s offensive spurt also continued, as he scored 18. Leandro Barbosa put up 19 against his former team.
Negatives
Once again, the Raptors had another slow start. It’s hard to win games when you are trying to cut into leads throughout the entire c...
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