Why do the Raptors LOVE letting Kobe Bryant light them up? 46 points is ridiculous. Not nearly as bad as 81, but still – come on. The guy pretty much goes where he pleases and gives almost any shot he takes a good chance of going in. With all of this in mind, he is still only one guy, so how is it that one guy is beating five guys on the other team?

While they do have some big wins over big teams (Dallas, San Antonio, Boston to name a few), they let some games get away from them for no apparent reason. Tonight’s loss might be a result of crummy bench scoring though – only 18 points between 3 players. No Humphries tonight either. What gives? Benching Joey Graham I get, but Humphries has been decent more times than not and could’ve helped out. It also doesn’t help the situation when Jamario Moon only puts in 4 points. Acrobatically, he’s the Raptors’ answer to Kobe, he NEEDS to be driving and dunking and NOT shooting 3’s or any mid to long range jumpers to be effective. To be fair, I’ll also rag on Delfino. He’s been too good in a lot of games to periodically crap out and be a non-factor. We all know he loves to shoot and some nights it works out better than others. Like Moon, he needs to get inside more as well. He didn’t shoot a free-throw tonight – kind of brutal and only took 3 shots that weren’t 3’s – also kind of brutal.

Anyway, enough about that. Bottom line – the game was within reach at half, must stop screwing yourselves over for one quarter.  Let’s hope they make it up on Monday.