Even though the expectations for the revamped Toronto Raptors were sky high, the team around Chris Bosh failed to play up to its potential in the first three weeks of action. Thus, the Raps will head to Boston where they will take on the Boston Celtics at TD Banknorth Garden on Saturday at 0:30 a.m. GMT.

After a lot of changes during the off-season, the Raptors’ front-office was confident that Jay Triano’s overhauled squad would be in the playoff race, possibly competing for home-court advantage. Yet, the Canadian franchise did not get off to a great start and posted a mediocre 6-8 record so far. Albeit their offense looked much better than last year, they turned out to be one of the worst defensive teams in the league. More specifically, Toronto allowed no less than 108 points per contest and showed significant shortcomings in terms of 1-on-1 coverage and defensive rotation schemes. That said, the Raps started this year’s NBA campaign with a fairly difficult schedule and a lot of road games versus playoff teams. Offensively, Chris Bosh has been very dominant thus far and posted career numbers, averaging 26.6 points and 11.7 rebounds. Likewise, Andrea Bargnani continued to improve as he put up 17.9 points and 6.6 rebounds while shooting 42% from three-point range.

In contrast, the Boston Celtics are relatively content with their performance thus far and wasted no time to establish themselves in the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference. Holding on to a 10-4 record, Kevin Garnett and company are hoping to stay near the top of the conference as they will play 10 out of 14 games on the road. Most importantly, the Celtics’ defense has been outstanding in the first month of action, holding their opponents to just 89 points per game. At the other end of the floor Boston had no trouble scoring either, led by multiple All-Star Paul Pierce who put up 19.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 35 minutes per contest. Taking everything into account, it looks like the Toronto Raptors might have a hard time giving the Celtics a run for their money. Although Toronto can score as well as anyone in the league, it appears to be questionable whether their defense will get enough stops to stay within striking distance of Boston.

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Posted: 11th Nov 2008

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Currently Toronto Raptors is the second team of the Eastern Conference and is the leader of the Atlantic Division. So far they have won 3 games against the Philadelphia 76ers 95-84, the Golden State Warriors 112-108, the Milwaukee Bucks 91-87 and lost none.   

The Boston Celtics are now the fourth team of the Eastern Conference and they have won 2 games and lost 1 so far. They won against the Cleveland Cavaliers 90-85 and against the Chicago Bulls 96-80 but they lost the game against Indiana Pacers 79-95. Last years NBA champions are now fighting hard to stay ahead in the league table and this is their chance to defeat the Toronto Raptors and advance. But the Toronto Raptors have their eyes set on the final trophy as well.

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