Graham, Raptors Clip Lakers

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Linkage – July 19
Published 7/19/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... throughout the first quarter, outscoring Los Angeles by one, 24-23. The Raptors trio of Deji Akindele, John Lucas, and Graham combined for 18 of the team’s 24 points. In the second quarter, Toronto continued to dominate, beating the Lakers 23-15 before claiming a commanding nine-point lead at the half, 47-38. In the second half, Toronto mounted a 15-point advantage, 69-54 with under a minute to play in the third quarter, before stretching its lead to as many as 26 in the second half. - NBA (video) C.J. Giles ...

Random Raptors thoughts
Published 7/19/2008 by Arsenalist at Arsenalist
... The Fake Raptors blowing out the Lakers reminded me of the Real Raptors. You know, how we were mired in mini losing streaks and when we finally won it was by 39 points. And you thought, “There, that’s the real Raptors” and just as soon as you finished the sentence we lose to the Clippers at home. It was almost like we needed to be up by 25 for us to have a chance to win because asking this team to fight and claw their way to a win in the fourth quarter was too much to ask. ...