Its official now, the Toronto Raptors have now started their regular season games and their first opponents are the Indiana Pacers. This game went back and forth and had a controversial ending, but when it was all said and done, the Pacers took it with the final score of 90-88. Always, starting with the big man, Jonas Valanciunas,he got his first double double of the season, scoring 12 points, 10 rebounds and a block, the second rookie Raptor to pull this off since Damon Stoudamire did it. Its pretty surprising that he was able to put up those numbers due to his match up being against all-star Roy Hibbert who had 14 points, 9 rebounds and an incredible 5 blocks. Raptors back up point guard, Jose Calderon did pretty well off the bench, scoring 15 points, 3 assists and a steal. Pacer Paul George did amazing, being one of the younger players in Indiana, scoring 14 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assist. The Raptors player of the game is Kyle Lowry, which made a spectacular debut in a Raptors jersey scoring 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals. The Pacers Player of the game is David West, scoring 25 points, 2 rebounds and a steal. The next opponents for the Raptors are against the Brooklyn Nets in the new Barclay Center.
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