Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee Jan 5
“We couldn’t get any defensive stops,” said forward Amir Johnson.
“We couldn’t get any defensive stops,” said forward Amir Johnson.
“We’ll have to get Andrea touches but at the same time, DeMar’s going to have open floor to play with.”
The lack of shooting touch turned out to be a double whammy for the Raptors, who seemed to get far fewer calls from the officials than they normally would.
Once again, this young Raptor team hung tough for much of the game until the end where Boston's experienced, more talented players pulled through with solid, if not spectacular plays to ice the game.
Raptors go 1-2 on the roadtrip with the 1 coming from the unlikeliness source, I'll take it. Just like the other two games on this trip, the G1H2 (good first, horrible second) syndrome reared its ugly head, only this time there was no recovery in sight as Houston's bench pummeled the Raptors into a 65-23…
“We missed too many layups, it was tough. We tried to come back but they killed us.”