26-year old F/C Andrea Bargnani re-injured his calf, which caused him to miss six games earlier this year, and he is out indefinitely this time around. Bargnani has played in 13 games (all starts) for the Raptors so far this year and he is averaging 36.1 minutes, 23.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. The Raptors are only averaging 87.2 points per game so far this year and they are a terrible offensive team when he’s out of action. That being said, the Raptors need to be careful with Bargnani, because he is by far the best player on the team.

The Raptors only shot 39% from the floor and that did them in last night. Leandro Barbosa (19 points, 3 assists and 2 steals in 23 minutes) and Jerryd Bayless (18 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 16 minutes on the floor) led the way for the Raptors last night. James Johnson filled up the stat sheet with 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot in this game. The Raptors are now 6-14 on the year.

The Raptors have had a hard time scoring points this year, so they need Linas Kleiza to step up. He has played in 9 games (0 starts) for the Raptors so far this year and he is averaging 17.6 minutes, 7.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Kleiza is only shooting 37.5% from the floor so far this year and the Raptors need him to improve on that. Kleiza has the offensive skill set to help the Raptors, so they need to start giving him more P.T. in the near future.

22-year old SG DeMar DeRozan has been awful lately for the Raptors. In DeRozan’s last six games he is averaging 13.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He is only shooting 28 of 92 (30.4%) from the floor in his last six games and 2 of 12 (16.7%) from three point range in those games. DeRozan has played in 19 games (all starts) overall this year and he is averaging 33.2 minutes, 14.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He is only shooting 38.3% from the floor and the Raptors are going to have a hard time piecing together a win steak with him shooting the way he is right now.

The Raptors outscored the Jazz 11-6 in the 2nd overtime period to get a nice road win last night. Andrea Bargnani (25 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 blocked shot) and Linas Kleiza (25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal in 33 minutes on the floor) led the way for the Raptors in this game. DeMar DeRozan also had a very solid game as he finished up with 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals last night. Leandro Barbosa (13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists) and Jose Calderon (12 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists) also pitched in for the Raptors in this game. The Raptors are now 6-13 on the year.