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The story of the night for Toronto was their camouflage uniforms -- mostly that they were so convincingly perfect as a disguise that the Raptors actually disappeared for a whole 12 minutes.
Those 12 minutes were, conveniently, the entire second quarter during which the Sixers outscored the army-and-actually-fatigued squad 32-7. At last count, the Sixers missed only one of the 12 shots they attempted in that timeframe.
Critical tidbits:
- Nick Young: 7-for-12 from the field (thumbs up) but just 1-4 from three (thumbs down). Hitting that off-balance, awkward jumper after avoiding contact in the third quarter? Two thumbs up.
- Royal Ivey with eight points and five assists, shooting a perfect 3-for-3 from the field in his 20 minutes off the bench.
- A double-double for Spencer "'Murrican Mulletman" Hawes (12 points, 11 rebounds).
- Of the 15 turnovers for the Sixers, Jrue Holiday had seven. SEVEN. As in almost half.
- Evan Turner had a season-high 12 rebounds.
- Dorell Wright contributed 15 points, thanks in large part to his outside jumper and the uncanny ability to find himself unguarded occasionally.
- Lavoy Allen (0-5, two assists) ghosted his way through much of tonight's contest, leaving fans to wonder if he actually played.
- Toronto forward Andrea Bargnani continued his assault on the Sixers, finishing with a game-high 23 points.
- Raptors guard Jose Calderon posted up a double-double of his own: 14 points, 11 assists.
Up by 19 at halftime, the Sixers let the Raptors creep back to finish the game within 10 points. Was that too close for comfort with Kyle Lowry and Landry Fields sidelined by injuries?
What's your take? Anndddddd break...