Final: Los Angeles Lakers 105 - Toronto Raptors 106

[Dr. James Naismith]

Los Angeles Lakers @ Toronto Raptors

33-10, 1st Pacific, (Road: 10-7) --- 22-22, 2nd Atlantic, (Home: 14-6)

WHEN: Sun., Jan. 24, 2010 at 6:00pm ET
WHERE: Air Canada Centre
TV/Radio: SCORE, SCORE HD, FAN590 Radio


TORONTO RAPTORS
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Starters

(L to R): Jack, DeRozan, Turkoglu, Bosh, Bargnani

Bench

(L to R): Belinelli, Weems, Banks, Johnson, Nestrovic, Calderon, Wright

Team Injuries/Inactive List

(L to R): Evans, O'Bryant

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
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Starters

(L to R): Fisher, Bryant, Artest, Gasol, Bynum

Bench

(L to R):Odom, Walton, Brown, Farmar, Powell, Morrison, Vujacic

Team Injuries/Inactive List

(L to R): Mbenga

Who's Hot

TORONTO RAPTORS


Bosh: 27.3 PPG IN LAST 3 GP / Bargnani: 21.7 ppg in last 3 gp

LOS ANGELES LAKERS


Kobe: 26.3 PPG IN LAST 15 GP / Gasol: 17.5 PPG IN LAST 4 GP

Key Match-ups


Kobe Bryant vs. DeMar DeRozan


Pau Gasol vs. Chris Bosh

GAME PREVIEWS


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Prediction

- 97
- 112

All I gotta say about today is, welcome to the NBA DeMar. Kobe's going to make you wish you stayed in college a few more years.

[Gurk]

Watcha talking bout doc. We are gonna win this game WOOOOOOOOOT

[Dr. James Naismith]

Watcha talking bout doc. We are gonna win this game WOOOOOOOOOT

Here's hoping Gurk.

BTW, has anyone heard whether or not Bargnani's good to go tonight?

[Gurk]

Naw I never heard anythin bout tha yet. Would be amazing to have him but with Rasho(MVP of the league) we will win this game no doubt

[Dave]

Chris Bosh needs Andrea Bargnani to have a chance at having a good offensive performance.

The Lakers squeeze the floor extremely well and pack the paint with size and length. That makes it very difficult for players like Bosh who rely on their face up game from the midpost to beat them. A lack of space to operate. Resulting in too many heavily contested short shots + resorting to jump shots in order to get a good at the rim, jump shots over a 7-0 Gasol with a 7-5 wingspan.

Chris Bosh is in for a difficult night unless Bargnani can pull Bynum or Gasol away from the paint and create some space for Bosh.

[Raúl]

Today is the battle of the two best PF in the league, Bosh against Gasol, both pure modern PF and the best in that position in the world, no doubt about that

[James Ballswin (Realizar)]

Does anyone have a stream link for the game?

[James Ballswin (Realizar)]

Does anyone have a stream link for the game?

http://www.livep2p.tv/

I just found this link. Toronto feed and awesome quality! (BOH!)

[Dave]

DeRozan looks upset as Kobe backing off of him and daring him to take a jump shot

[Dave]

Beautiful touch pass from Hedo to Bosh on the fastbreak

[Dr. James Naismith]

Good first half. Gotta find an answer inside on defence. Bynum and Gasol are killing us. Whatever Kobe scores its a given, we gotta find answers for the Laker big men at this point.

[Dr. James Naismith]

Beautiful touch pass from Hedo to Bosh on the fastbreak

That was a pretty sweet volley to Bosh.

[Dr. James Naismith]

WOW .... I can't believe it. This team frustrates the hell out of me. We beat teams like the Mavs and Lakers, but struggle against sub-par teams. I don't understand these guys, but I'll take this win. Beating the NBA's best feels amazing.

[Dark Knight]

Amazing win!

[Dr. James Naismith]

I'm hoping Hedo's game winning free-throws will be a turning point for him this season. Probably the two most important free throws of this NBA career tonight.

[Apollo]

That was one of the best games I have seen this year. The refs sucked in the last five minutes but it didn't matter. Raps win, Raps win, Raps win! Let's hope they can use this huge victory as motivation in the weeks to come! The Heat and Bobcats both play the majority of their next 15 games on the road. Things are shaping up nicely for the Raptors.

[Gurk]

Watcha talking bout doc. We are gonna win this game WOOOOOOOOOT

look who called it

[Raffy15]

heck yeah! heck yeah! made it ma! made it! now what fools?! now what? sticking it wit one second remaining!! yall haters can kiss it!!! TURK the freaking Turk!!

[Apollo]

I don't think that was called for. Hedo still needs to start playing well. Hitting a couple key FTs was nice for that game but what about all the other games where he didn't bring it? What about his recent comments where he pretty much admitted to not trying up to this point? I think you're losing sight of something important here. We're all all Raptors fans and we all want to see all the players on the team do well. I don't think there are any "Hedo haters" in Raptors' fanland, just some highly disappointed individuals. I would love to see Hedo bring it with consistency, just like any other player on the team who has been struggling. It leads to more wins and that's all that's important.

[Raffy15]

I don't think that was called for. Hedo still needs to start playing well. Hitting a couple key FTs was nice for that game but what about all the other games where he didn't bring it? What about his recent comments where he pretty much admitted to not trying up to this point? I think you're losing sight of something important here. We're all all Raptors fans and we all want to see all the players on the team do well. I don't think there are any "Hedo haters" in Raptors' fanland, just some highly disappointed individuals. I would love to see Hedo bring it with consistency, just like any other player on the team who has been struggling. It leads to more wins and that's all that's important.

i think it was called for to be honest. and yes to your quote.