Game Thread: Spurs 103 Raptors 94

It was nice to see Barry and Oberto have a good game and get some minutes..............

Spurs Win Battle of Big Men

TORONTO, Nov. 5 (AP) --Tim Duncan scored 26 points and Tony Parker added 19 to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 103-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

Brent Barry made five 3-pointers and finished with 16 points for the Spurs, who shot 50 percent in bouncing back from a loss to Cleveland on Friday.

Chris Bosh had 19 points and 17 rebounds for the Raptors, who dropped to 1-2 on the season.

San Antonio went on a decisive 8-0 run after Bosh's layup cut the lead to five with 3:11 remaining in the game.

Duncan made two free throws, Parker sank a long jumper and Manu Ginobili added two layups to give the Spurs a 101-88 lead with 1:13 left.

Duncan missed 10 of his 19 free throws in Friday's loss, but he went 6-for-7 against Toronto, including the two that started the late run.

Duncan had 16 points in the second half and Parker had 12, including 10 in the fourth quarter.

The Spurs played the first of back-to-back games after flying from San Antonio on Saturday. The Spurs play in New York on Monday night.

San Antonio made 18 of 34 free throws in Friday's loss, but went 18-for-25 against Toronto.

Toronto's Andrea Bargnani - the No. 1 pick in the draft - played 12 productive minutes, scoring eight points against San Antonio's reserves.

Bosh, who looked up to Duncan growing up, finished 8-for-18 from the field. The All-Star forwards guarded each other.

NOTES: Bosh had a career high 22 rebounds March, 25, 2005, at Philadelphia. ... The Raptors started last season 0-9. ... Long time Raptor fan Samuel L. Jackson sat courtside. ... San Antonio's Matt Bonner received a huge ovation when he entered the game. The fan favorite was traded to the Spurs as part of the Rasho Nesterovic deal.

http://www.nba.com/games/20061105/SASTOR/recap.html

Rasho's stat line as a Raptor is as predictable as it was when he was a Spur.

2 points, 5 rebounds, 3 fouls in 18 minutes. All for the bargain price of approximately $8,000,000 per season!

Thank God he's someone else's underachieving problem now. For unloading Rasho's salary, R.C. deserves to get a few write-in votes for Governor of Texas in the next election.

Blondie wrote:^^ Yeah did you hear Sean's comments on that?

He said Rasho can dunk? When did he learn to do that?

Goodness how Rasho sucks!

What was up with Manu in this one? Geez, maybe he just didn't have his head in it.

Wow, Timmy was a MONSTER! And GREAT games by Bones and Fabri as well.

Radoslav is an easy target but I think he should have played more for the Raptors in this one. Bosh was being punished by Duncan and Rasho could have played much better D on him. The Raptor defense was not very impressive over all. They were letting the Spurs pass all over them and basically get whatever they wanted.

Tony Parker did a very nice job defending TJ Ford I thought.