Tonight at 10:30 PM EST the Raptors will be facing off against the Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon-less Clippers in what's one of the closest games the Raps have had to a must-win game this season. The Raps are 4-4, having gone 1-2 on the first leg of their 7/8 games on the road. They pulled out a hard-fought win at home against the Bulls and now look to make some noise as they finish up on the West Coast. The Clips currently stand at 3-6.
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- Can the Raps perform on D? With some credit going to the Bulls for not being able to put a beach ball in the ocean, the Raps held the Bulls to 25 percent shooting in the second half and causing them to miss 13 straight field goals at one point. Remember that this is a Dinos team that surrendered 131 points to another team missing its two top players in the Spurs. The Raps need to capitalize on this shorthanded Clips team.
- Jose Calderon. After a lot of harsh criticism stemming from his mediocre play in the first few games, Jose has stepped up. His last four games look like this:
vs. CHI: 18 points, 6 assists, 1 turnover
@ SAS: 13 points, 9 assists, 2 turnovers
@ DAL: 13 points, 7 assists, 2 turnovers
vs. NOH: 16 points, 8 assists, 0 turnovers
Pretty solid numbers. If Jose can keep shaking off the rust, he'll keep this Raptors offense running at full speed.
- Chris Bosh utterly owning the NBA. Check out his rankings in all these categories.
Bosh is first in the NBA in the following:
Three-point field goal percentage
Free throws made (and FTM per 48 minutes)
Free throws attempted (and FTA per 48 minutes)
Bosh is in the top-5 in the NBA in the following:
Points per game (and per 48 minutes)
Total Points
Rebounds per game
Defensive rebounds per game
Efficiency ranking (and efficiency per 48 minutes)
Total efficiency
Bosh is in the top-20 in the NBA in the following:
Field goals made (and per 48 minutes)
Field goal attemps (and per 48 minutes) (note he's 9th in field goals made, but 15th in field goals attempted, and 10th in FGM per 48 and 18th in FGA per 48)
Offensive rebounds per game
Total offensive rebounds
Total defensive rebounds
Total rebounds
Defensive rebounds per 48 minutes
Rebounds per 48 minutes
So... he's pretty good, I guess.
Oh yeah, he's also on the league's longest streak of 20 or more points, dating back to last season.
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