Toronto Raptors trample the Sacramento Kings, 118-112
In a lacklustre game of two teams lagging in defence and meeting in a matchup, the Raptors wrapped the 13th victory of the season as they met the Kings at their home ground. Tyreke Evans missed the match for the Kings and so did Hassan Whiteside.
In a nutshell
The Toronto Raptors wrapped up a 118-112 victory over the Sacramento Kings at Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON.
Box score
Toronto Raptors (13-24)
Andrea Bargnani scored 30 points, DeMarcus DeRozan added 28 and Leandro Barbosa scooped 18 points from off the bench.
Sacramento Kings (8-26)
Beno Udrih contributed 25, Carl Landry added 22 and Jason Thompson dished out 19 points to add to the Kings box score.
Quotable
Barganani commented on his team’s lack of defence later on when he said, "Offense was good. We didn't play good defense all game long. We got better the last five minutes and that's what got us the win...”
He added, “Like the coach always say, we're not going to have a problem scoring the ball. Our biggest issues are always our defense. We've got to get better. We cannot afford to play four quarters like this. Especially at home in front of our crowd."
Highlights from the game
First Quarter
DeRozan made a pullup jump shot that initiated a promising game for the Raptors. With a number of shots coming from Jared Bayless and Bargnani, the Raptors closed a first quarter lead over the Sacramento Kings, 34-31.
Second Quarter
Landry clinched a turnaround fade-away jump shot that closed the breach between the Kings and leading Raptors, 33-34. Bayless trounced an excellent three pointer as DeRozan gave him an assist to clinch a further lead over the Kings, 37-36. Linas Kleiza slam
dunked and Barbosa made a driving layup shot that once again edged the Raptors over the Kings, 57-50.
Third Quarter
DeRozan clinched a layup shot for the Raptors, 59-52. DeMarcus Cousins made a put-back dunk shot at the beginning of the third quarter nearing the Raptors, 54-59.
Scores were tied at 72-all and once again at 74-all with the help of DeRozan’s driving layup shot. End of third quarter produced a scoring tie between both the teams, 85-all.
Fourth Quarter
Barbosa clinched a layup shot as Amir Johnson gave him an assist to take the lead back into Raptors’ side, 87-85. The game saw another tie at 89-all and this time again the Raptors grabbed the lead back. Bargnani’s three pointer shot right after Joey Dorsey
grabbed a rebound took Toronto up again, 94-92.
With two more three pointer shots coming from Barbosa, the Raptors saw a shiny end coming to the game. Pooh Jeter committed a personal take foul that ignited two free throws from the Raptors who were already leading. Barbosa gave the game a finishing touch
as he finally made the last free throw before the buzzer rang, going 118-112 over the Kings.
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