Raptors Revenge (2-1)

The Toronto Raptors now have something to prove to themselves and to others that they can recover from a loss as they face the Detroit Pistons at the Air Canada Center. The Raptors pulled away with the win with a reasonable margin, 82-75. Unlike his previous game, Jonas Valanciunas had a much better all rounded game as he got 11 points, 8 rebounds an assist and a steal. If Valanciunas can play games like these for the rest of the preseason games, there will be little doubt this rookie will start at center when the official season starts. Mainly the reason why Valanciunas played so well was because of his previous match up, Andre Drummond, only played 6 minutes only scoring 2 points, a steal and a block, which meant Valanciunas could take advantage. Kyle Lowry did not play due to the prolonged injury. For the point guard position, the battle between Jose Calderon and John Lucas strikes again, as Lucas had the majority of the minutes that translated to more points for him, scoring 9 points, 8 assist, 1 rebound, as Calderon did not score with only 3 assist. Demar Derozen yet again was the scoring leader of the team with 14 points. The next opponent for the Raptors are against the Washington Wizards.

Toronto Raptors take a fall (1-1)

Now that the Raptors got there first game out of the way, we move on to their second game as they face the Detroit Pistons. This game was pretty close as Detroit pull away with the win with the final score of 101-99 for the Pistons. Something you can take for this game is the big debut of Jonas Valanciunas  The impression of a "big" debut might be a understatement, as Valanciunas only was able to score only 2 points with limited minutes. For the Pistons, Greg Monroe was there scoring leader getting a double-double in the process, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Another big man that got his debut was rookie Andre Drummond on the Pistons, scoring 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. For the point guard situation for the Raptors, Kyle Lowry was still out due to a left leg injury, but his replacement, Jose Calderon did pretty well, scoring 15 points, 4 assists and getting 2 steals. As for John Lucas, he's still playing impressive as if he's ready to move up in the rotation, outscoring Calderon with 16 points, 5 assist. Again for the second straight game, Demar Derozen tops as the scoring leader with 17 points. The Raptors will get another chance  to face the Pistons again this preseason in two days, as they play in the Air Canada Center where Jonas Valanciunas will make his home debut, in hopes to have a better game this time.