The Raptors can't bite the Nuggets
Another great game by The Answer
-- Toronto, Ontario
The Nuggets continue their deadly march. They win a second game in a row, this time their prey are - surprise, surprise - the Raptors. Since the first quarter it was really likely they would win beat the hosts. They scored ten points in a row and won the first quarter 28-20. The second was even better. Due to their poor accuracy (31.8%) the Raptors lost it 15-30 and were losing 35-58 at the half. Nobody at the Continental Airlines Arena thought the Raptors was able to win the game. Surprisingly, they didn't give up after the half. Thank to many turnovers of the Nuggets' players they won the third quarter 26-16 and still had a little chance to win the fight. Unfortunately, the forth quarter was even and the Nuggets finally won the game 104-90. They key to the win was a solid defense, which doubled the Raptors' star player Chris Bosh and only let him to score 14 points, and a very efficient offense (they made 58% of all attempts). The next game is going to be much more difficult though. The Nuggets will surely want to take a revenge and beat the Detroit Pistons, who won the previous battle against the Nuggets 116-108.
Both teams had many turnovers during the game.
Score:
[table fontsize=11][mrow]Quarter[mcol]1[mcol]2[mcol]3[mcol]4[mcol]Final[row]Raptors[col]20[col]15[col]26[col]29[mcol]90[row]Nuggets[col]28[col]30[col]16[col]30[mcol]104[/table]
STATISTICS
Top players:
Nuggets
A. Iverson: 31 pts (14/27), 5 rebounds, 6 assists
M. Camby: 17 pts (8/9), 7 rebounds, 1 block
J. Smith: 10 pts (5/9), 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, 4 steals
Raptors
A. Bargnani: 16 pts (6/11), 6 rebounds, 2 steals
T. Ford: 16 pts (6/16), 3 steals, 6 assists, 8 turnovers
C. Bosh: 14 pts (7/14), 9 rebounds, 1 block
EA Sports player of the game:
Allen Iverson (DEN)
Detailed player stats:
Raptors
Pos. No. Name Pts Mins FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OReb DReb Rebs Blk Stl Ast TO Fouls
C 7 A. Bargnani 16 22 6 11 .545 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 2 4 6 0 2 2 1 1
PF 4 C. Bosh 14 25 7 14 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 8 9 1 0 1 1 2
C 7 P. Brezec 2 11 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2
PG 8 J. Calderon 13 15 6 7 .857 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 0
SF 20 C. Delfino 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PG 11 T. Ford 16 23 6 16 .375 1 7 .143 3 4 .750 0 1 1 1 3 6 8 0
SF 15 J. Garbajosa 2 8 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1
SG 14 J. Graham 2 6 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 1
SF 24 J. Kapono 11 19 5 13 .385 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 0
SF 33 J. Moon 4 14 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
C 12 R. Nesterovic 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SG 18 A. Parker 10 22 4 12 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1 1 3 1 0
Nuggets
Pos. No. Name Pts Mins FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OReb DReb Rebs Blk Stl Ast TO Fouls
SF 15 C. Anthony 11 17 5 8 .625 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 2 4 0 4 6 0
PG 1 C. Atkins 6 12 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1
C 23 M. Camby 17 24 8 9 .889 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 1 6 7 1 1 2 4 0
SG 5 Y. Diawara 8 9 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
C 45 S. Hunter 3 9 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
SG 3 A. Iverson 31 24 14 27 .518 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 1 4 5 2 2 6 4 3
PF 43 L. Klieza 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PF 4 K. Martin 2 18 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 3 3 6 0 0 4 0
SF 21 E. Najera 4 4 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PF 31 Nene 5 11 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 4 4 8 0 0 1 2 1
SG 1 J. Smith 10 16 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 6 8 3 4 5 3 0
PG 25 M. Williams 7 21 3 8 .375 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 2
Team stats:
Entire Game Denver Toronto
Points 104 90
Bench Scoring 36 23
Field Goals 47/81 39/86
Field Goal % .580 .453
3 Point FG 7/17 6/21
3 Point % .412 .286
Free Throws 3/10 6/9
Free Throw % .300 .667
Rebounds 36 30
Off. Rebounds 10 5
Def. Rebounds 26 25
Blocks 17 11
Steals 10 9
Assists 34 16
Turnovers 24 22
Fouls 7 7
Any comments?
And I repeat my question - can I add the Bobcats' schedule during a season?
