Sunday, January 25, 2009

Raptors Host the Dethroned Kings

Today the struggling 10-34 Sacramento Kings fly in to Toronto to face our beloved Raptors. This will be the Raptors first time coming off of a win since January 9. More importantly, the Kings are an astounding 0-17 against Eastern Conference teams. On the whole, the Kings are sitting last in the Pacific Division and have lost their last 4 straight. The game goes at 6 o clock and will be available on TSN, the Fan 590, and on channelsurfing.net

W2W4:
- For the first time since December 31, Jose Calderon was able to play the full game. He finished with 23 points, 10 assists, and 0 turnovers, completely changing the Raptors game for the better. Even Jay Triano agrees that "it’s completely different with him on the floor".
- Amidst lingering trade rumors and the outstanding recent play of Andrea Bargnani, Jermaine O'Neal, centrepiece of Brian Coleangelo's offseason, has been cast to the bench and finding himself to be much less influence in a game. Hopefully he will adjust to his new, not-so-flattering role.
- Sacramento has dropped 14 of its last 15 on the road, and bring the leagues worst road record to Toronto at 3-19. The Raptors simply need to capitalize.

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