The Toronto Raptor’s pulled away with a one-point victory from the defending NBA Champions, the Los Angeles Lakers. It all came down to HERO Turkoglu, and two critical free-throws. Los Angeles did not trail for the first three quarter, and it seemed that although the Raptors were within striking distance, they wouldn’t have enough to get past the Lakers. The tide changed at the 7:33 mark in the fourth quarter, when Raptors center, Andrea Bargnani who had 22 points, hit a 3-pointer to put Toronto at 93-90. The game was tight for the rest of the quarter, and Pau Gasol fouled Turkoglu with 1.2 seconds left on the clock after Bryant just hit a jumper to give L.A. a one point lead.
Turkoglu hit both free-throws which set up for an atmosphere of anticipation and nervous excitement. All eyes were placed upon the best closer in the game, Kobe Bryant. Could the Black Mamba make his fourth buzzer beater victory of the season? Kobe received the pass and launched a turn around three point jump shot, while the crowd held their breath, and then released it with vicious cheer as the ball hit the rim and rolled out.
The Lakers received their second loss in a three-game spurt. Kobe Bryant racked up 27 points, 9 assists, and brought down 16 rebounds for a near triple-double. He had a great game aside from shooting 11-24, which still seems to be a lingering problem for KB24 since receiving the broken finger. Pau Gasol had 22 points and Bynum had 21 points.
Toronto’s players had an outstanding game. Chris Bosh posted 18 points from 9 of 17 shooting, and pulled down 13 rebounds to receive his 32nd double-double of the season, to tie it up with the Orlando Magic’s, Dwight Howard for the most double-doubles of the season. Point guard Jarret Jack had 18 points and shooting guard Marco Belinelli had 15 points. This gives Toronto their 9th victory in ten games at their home court. Toronto is on a positive run, and the Lakers look like the soft Lakers of 2008.
The Orlando Magic defeated the Charlotte Bobcats in an overtime shutdown. Orlando had a 16 point lead in the fourth that they let slip through their hands. It went to overtime, where for 5 minutes of game play Orlando looked like a team that had been in the NBA finals, due to their extremely tight defense, Dwight’s incredible two blocks of lay-up shots, and the art of a beautiful passing game.
Orlando scored 11 straight unanswered points, and once overtime started it seemed like a different Magic team, they had INTENSE DEFENSE, and then on offense Nelson ripped apart the Bobcat defense by running around in the paint. Nelson scored 21 points, and Carter shot over 50% for the second time in a game, and he scored 21 points. Dwight had a total of 7 blocks, and two critical ones in overtime. Carter didn’t allow Wallace to score until midway through the third quarter.
Here It Is & Remember THE ORLANDO MAGIC seem to be getting back on track!
Posts
4 comments:
That game was so sick. I'm so proud of Toronto and Hedo! I wonder how Otis is feeling about his decision to let Hedo go now. My guess, he's kicking himself in the butt.
Ooo i like! those seemed like two really good games! i'm proud of the magic and how they've been playing lately. and i'm happy that the lakers keep getting beat! lol
The Magic did great, but the Memphis game just brings us to a point of accelerating and then stopping in rapid fashion, we really need to make a shake-up in the line up I believe, VC for T-Mac is good because although t-mac does receive criticism, he has never really disappointed when healthy, remember when he was with Orlando he led the league in scoring.
ok i just had to leave one more comment to say that i love the new artwork! nice touch :)
Post a Comment