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Heart-Breaking loss for the Kings, 74-70

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 01:07 PM.

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November 9, 2010
Toronto Raptors (0-2) @ Sacramento Kings (0-3)

- 74

- 70

Box Score

Nov 9, 2010 - TOR at SAC
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Toronto Raptors (0-2)	16	16	22	20	74
Sacramento Kings (0-3)	14	14	17	25	70

Toronto Raptors
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jose Calderon	22	7-10	1-2	3-3	4	8	0	0	1	18
Leandro Barbosa	22	3-12	1-4	0-0	3	2	2	0	3	7
Sonny Weems	10	4-4	0-0	0-1	3	0	0	0	0	8
Amir Johnson	21	1-1	0-0	4-4	9	1	1	0	1	6
Andrea Bargnani	22	7-17	0-2	2-2	2	0	2	0	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Demar Derozan	19	6-9	0-1	1-1	4	1	0	1	0	13
Jarryd Bayless	7	1-5	0-0	2-2	0	2	0	1	0	4
Reggie Evans	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Joey Dorsey	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Wright	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Linas Kleiza	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Davis	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		30/61	2/10	12/13	29	15	6	3	7	74

Sacramento Kings
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Marcus Thornton	17	2-6	0-2	0-0	1	8	0	0	0	4
Tyreke Evans	24	9-15	2-4	2-2	7	2	1	1	1	22
Francisco Garcia	22	3-8	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	1	1	6
Jason Thompson	22	3-7	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	1	2	6
Demarcus Cousins	22	7-8	0-0	1-1	4	1	0	1	0	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Marquis Daniels	6	2-8	0-2	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	5
Eugene Jeter	5	2-6	0-1	0-0	1	4	1	0	1	4
Samuel Dalembert	7	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	2	1	1	1	4
Omri Casspi	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Beno Udrih	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jermaine Taylor	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Donte Greene	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		31/63	2/9	6/7	25	22	5	6	7	70

Post-Game Interviews

Paul Westphal: "We got carried away being so close for so long. We ended up trying to take highlight-reel shots and we missed them. Tyreke's missed layup at the end of the game really put this out of reach for us. We'll just need to hit the practice court harder this Thursday to come back from this."

Jose Calderon (Player of the Game): "It feels really good to finally get a win. This was a hard fought game and simply came down to bench production. DeRozan was awesome off the bench, and he really lifted us up."

Tyreke Evans (King's Player of the Game): I don't think either team played well today. We were both hitting our heads against the wall. I guess they were just hitting their heads better."

Jon Ratski's Review

This game showed more promise than the past three for the Kings, and really came down to the fourth quater. Kings couldn't rally at the end, and Raptors barely held out for the win. If the Kings can keep this sort of intensity, we may see a few wins yet. So let's look at the good and bad from this past game.

Evans was right. They Raptors beat their heads better. Bargnani shot 7-17 yet still got 16 points. Terrible outing for the Raptors.
Tyreke played hard, scoring the game high 22 with 9-15 shooting and 7 rebounds.
Cousins was very consistant all game and was a relable force downlow that the Raptors couldn't stop. 7-8 with 15 points and even a block.
Jason Thompson was experementing this game, taking a few shots from down low and mid-range, going 3-7 with 6 points.
Garcia has been falling into the dark over the past few games. After a great start to the season, only shot 3-8 and 6 points.
Thonrton got the start at PG again, going 2-6 and 0-2 from beyond the arc. This self-proclaimed "parimater shooter" should probably stick to the basic shots.
Raptors managed to get on the break a lot, 16 points form the break compared to 0 from the Kings.
Both teams shot 49%
Kings continue to show dominance in blocking, picking up 6 this game compared to the Raptor's 3.