Toronto Raptors Knocked Down By Chicago Bulls In Windy City on Tuesday, November 9, 2010. It's gone from lopsided blowout win, to hard fought defeat on the road and now a big blowout loss in Chicago. Which Raptors team is the one to expect this season? Possibly parts of all three. On Tuesday, the Raptors ran into a buzzing Bulls defence that stifled them inside early and really disrupted the Raptors' ability to spread the floor and move the ball around. In a four-minute stretch of the first, Chicago used a 12-0 run to go up 21-9 and Toronto was never closer than six points the rest of the way. Several glaring stats speaks to why the Raptors lost this one, but rebounding definitely stands out. The Raptors were doubled-up and hammered on the glass by a total of 44-22. On the offensive boards, Toronto was outrebounded 14-5 and was outscored 19-14 on second-chance points. Bulls energizer Joakim Noah had more offensive boards (six) than the enitre Raptors team on his way to 14 total for the game. A humbling lesson on how a weak rebounding effort can put this team down in a hurry. 
Not long after Orlando kicked the ball away 21 times, allowed Utah’s Deron Williams to do as he pleased and authored an ugly second-half collapse that led to a 28-point swing, a dejected Jameer Nelson stated what he knew was blatantly obvious to everyone around him in the Magic locker room. The Magic (5-2) saw their four-game winning streak come to an end and they suffered the first-ever loss at the dazzling new Amway Center when they made several uncharacteristic plays late in the second half. Orlando led by 18 points with 96 seconds left in the third period, but came unglued with three straight turnovers and couldn’t slow down Utah (5-3) in a 39-point fourth quarter. Williams scored 17 of his 30 points in the final period. NBA Live Match Between Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic on Friday, November 12, 2010 live broadcast.
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