Carlos Delfino goes 5 – 5 from 3 point land

You know the other day the Orlando Magic had a great confidence builder against my Detroit Pistons. It can only help them improve as a team.

Now the Toronto Raptors have done the same thing by beating the Boston Celtics.

The Raptors could not miss. They were nailing shots from all over the place.

Coach Doc Rivers of the Celtics was stunned.

Final Score Toronto 114 Boston 112

He could not believe it.

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers looked at the boxscore and shook his head at the shooting percentages Toronto had just compiled.

“Fifty-eight percent (from the floor); 71 percent from the 3; 100 percent from the foul line. At least the foul line wasn’t guarded,” Rivers said after the Raptors made 15 of 21 3-pointers to beat Boston 114-112 on Wednesday night.

“Half the guys in our league couldn’t shoot 15-for-21 if they were in a gym by themselves,” he said. “It was almost like we didn’t believe they would shoot another one.” source

Here is a quick game rundown.

Just who scored for whom?

Jose Calderon converted a go-ahead, three-point play with 10.5 seconds left and finished with 24 points and 13 assists. Chris Bosh and Anthony Parker scored 23 points apiece and Andrea Bargnani had 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Raptors.

Kevin Garnett scored 26 for Boston, which had won three in a row and hadn’t lost to an Atlantic Division rival in 10 tries this season. Paul Pierce had 19 points and nine assists, and Ray Allen also scored 19 for Boston, which still holds an 11-game lead over second-place Toronto in the division.

Do not dismiss the importance of this game in the growth process of the Raptors. Sure they are still way behind in second place, but now know a win against the Celtics is possible.

So how did they pull it off?

“It was really important to beat them — so we could see if we could,” Calderon said. “We knew how to play them after already playing them three times.”

Carlos Delfino was 5-for-5 from 3-point range. Calderon was 4-of-6, but the key basket was a traditional three-point play after he took the inbounds pass and circled around the lane to drive for a layup over Pierce.

“We knew they wouldn’t leave Chris,” Raptors coach Sam Mitchell said. “So I changed the play I drew up, and Jose was able to turn the corner.”

Calderon drew the foul and sank the free throw, giving the Celtics the ball with 10.5 seconds left. source

Before you say, “Hey, they shot the lights out and that won’t happen again”, stop and consider that it just may be easier to win without shooting the lights out next time.

Toronto withstood the Celtics best game and came out on top. They feel they can do it again and that is what counts!

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