The Raptors gave the Thunder a good contest for about 30 minutes, but when OKC flipped the switch in the second half, Toronto’s effort was nowhere near up to the task.
Here are some thoughts on the game…
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Thoughts On the Game: Thunder 104, Raptors 92
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Alan Anderson, Amir Johnson, DeMar DeRozan, Dwane Casey, Ed Davis, Jose Calderon, Kyle Lowry, Oklahoma City Thunder, Recap, Terrence Ross on Jan 06, 2013
Game Thread: Raptors (12-21) vs. Thunder (25-7)
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Game thread, Oklahoma City Thunder on Jan 06, 2013
The Raptors haven’t lost back-to-back games in over three weeks, but after losing a disappointing game against the Kings on Friday night, they’ll now welcome the NBA-best Thunder to town.
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Thoughts On the Game: Thunder 108, Raptors 88
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Andrea Bargnani, DeMar DeRozan, John Lucas III, Jonas Valanciunas, Kyle Lowry, Landry Fields, Oklahoma City Thunder, Recap on Nov 06, 2012
The Thunder were running away with the ball game by the middle of the second quarter, and Kyle Lowry left the game with what looked like a pretty serious ankle injury. Not exactly a good night at the office for the Raptors.
Here are some thoughts on the game:
Game Thread: Raptors vs. Thunder
Posted by Scott Carefoot under Game thread, Oklahoma City Thunder on Nov 06, 2012
Start time: 8:00 PM ET
Channel: TSN
Probable starting lineups
Toronto: Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Landry Fields, Andrea Bargnani, Jonas Valanciunas
Oklahoma City: Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins
Injury report
Toronto: No injuries reported.
Oklahoma City: No injuries reported.
Random thoughts
- Surely I’m not alone in being relieved because I have a legitimate excuse to not watch American political pundits punditing about tonight’s presidential election when the outcome is pretty much locked in. Regardless of how the election turns out… Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos.
- For what it’s worth, if there was an election night show like this, I’d definitely PVR this game to watch it.
- I can’t remember the last time I was more pumped about a positional matchup in a Raptors game than this Lowry-Westbrook matchup.
- The Raptors and Thunder only faced each other once last season and the Thunder won 91-75.
- I’d completely forgotten about this, but the Raptors weirdly won both games against the Thunder in the 2010-11 season, even though the Raptors finished with a 22-60 record and the Thunder finished 55-27.
- I’m trying very hard not to get too excited about Kyle Lowry, but it’s already evident that he’s probably, at worst, the third-best player in this franchise’s history. Bold statement after three games, I know, but… do any of you want to disagree with me on this?
Protected Raptors Pick Moves In James Harden Trade
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Houston Rockets, Kyle Lowry, Oklahoma City Thunder on Oct 28, 2012
I might just be tuning out an earlier trade, but from my recollection, the James Harden blockbuster is the biggest, most impactful trade I’ve ever seen so close to the start of a regular season, especially involving a legitimate title contender just days away from beginning defence of their Conference crown, but I digress.
Given that this is RaptorBlog and that us Torontonians are known for assuming we’re the centre of the universe, it’s always nice when there’s an easy way to make something about us.
In case you haven’t already realized, one of the draft picks Houston sent to Oklahoma City is actually Toronto’s draft pick, as in the uniquely protected pick the Raptors forfeited to acquire Kyle Lowry.
As a refresher, here’s how that “double protection” boils down, first for the Rockets Thunder:
