The Raptors shot an amazing 57.7% from the floor and that was the big reason for this win. Chris Bosh led the way for the Raptors last night with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. Andrea Bargnani also had a solid game with 24 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots last night. Hedu Turkoglu pitched in with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists last night. The Raptors are now 6-7 on the year.

The Raptors only shot 37.4% from the floor last night and they were outscored 26-16 in the 4th quarter which doomed them. Chris Bosh led the way for the Raptors last night with 32 points and 17 rebounds. Marco Belinelli had another solid game for the Raptors last night with 19 points and 4 rebounds in 31 minutes. Jose Calderon pitched in with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists last night. The Raptors are now 5-7 on the year.

Toronoto Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani has been playing great this year and is on pace to set career highs in every positive category.  The 24-year-old Italian has been helping Chris Bosh with the scoring load much more this season.  He is averaging 18.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.3 blocks, and 1.1 assists per game.  All of those are career highs thus far.  He is also shooting better than he ever has.  He is 49% from the field, 44% from three, and is 4th in the NBA in free throw percentage at 91.7%.  Its rare to find 7 footers that shoot the ball as well as Bargnani, and with the way he continues to improve each year the Raptors have a future All-Star in their hands.

The Raptors outrebounded the Nuggets 48-33 but they didn’t play any defense at all as the Nuggets shot a stunning 61.5% from the floor and it cost them this game. DeMar DeRozan led the way for the Raptors in this game with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal in 23 minutes on the court. Jose Calderon did a decent job running the offense with 16 points and 7 assists. Marco Belinelli was outstanding off the bench for the Raptors with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in only 24 minutes on the court. The Raptors are now 5-6 on the year.

The Raptors have claimed 26-year old C/F Pops Mensah-Bonsu off waivers from the Rockets. He played in 4 games (0 starts) for the Rockets this season and he averaged 3.3 minutes, 1.3 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.3 assists per game. Mensah-Bonsu has now played in 38 games (0 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 9.7 minutes, 3.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. This was a good move for the Raptors as Mensah-Bonsu played for them last year and he looked good.