magoon wrote:
View Post
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Game #5 - Toronto Raptors 103 - Oklahoma City Thunder 98
Collapse
X
-
-
Just sneak this in here for good measure ...
vs.
Projected Starters
Toronto Thunder PG - Kyle Lowry PG - Russell Westbrook SG - Demar Derozan SG - Andre Roberson SF - Demarre Carroll SF - Kevin Durant PF - Luis Scola PF - Serge Ibaka C - Jonas Valanciunas C - Steven Adams
Last Meeting
MARCH 8, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY 108, TORONTO 104
Russell Westbrook posted his fifth triple-double in six games to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Toronto Raptors 108-104 … Westbrook, the NBA’s leading scorer, had 30 points, matched a career high with 17 assists and grabbed 11 rebounds for his seventh triple-double of the season and 15th of his career … Enes Kanter had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Serge Ibaka had 21 points and five blocks for the Thunder … The Thunder shot 51 per cent from the field and out rebounded the Raptors 49-33 … DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and Terrence Ross added 20 for the Raptors, who lost their third straight … A power dunk by DeRozan cut Oklahoma City’s lead to 106-104 with 15.4 seconds to play … Westbrook made two free throws with 14.3 seconds left to make it a four-point lead … DeRozan missed a contested 3-pointer, and the Thunder held on … Toronto led by seven in the second quarter before the Thunder rallied … A dunk by Ibaka on an assist by Westbrook cut the Raptors’ lead to 59-58, but Toronto maintained a 61-58 lead heading into the break.
Talking Points
• Toronto enters Wednesday's game with a 4-0 mark to begin a season for the first time in team history.
• The Raptors are alone atop the Eastern Conference standings for the second time in team history.
• Lowry currently leads the NBA with 12 steals and leads all Eastern Conference players with 32 assists.
• Toronto is +43 (232-to-189) in second-half scoring through four games this season.
• According to Basketball-Reference.com Toronto is the ninth team since 2000 to hold opponents under .420 field goal shooting in four consecutive games to start a season.
Go Raps!Last edited by Joey; Wed Nov 4, 2015, 07:35 PM.
Comment
-
Comment