Toronto Raptors vs Sacramento Kings Dec.26/08

Jermaine O’Neal got off to a slow start to his career in Toronto, taking time to recover from a knee injury that sidelined him for half of last season. He is starting to find his groove of late, once again looking like the five-time all-star he was in Indiana before being traded to the Raptors this summer. O’Neal scored 36 points in his highest-scoring game in two seasons and the Toronto Raptors ended a 10-game losing streak in Sacramento with a 107-101 victory over the Kings on Friday night. “I’m starting to feel like I felt in Indiana. I knew it was going to be a process,” O’Neal said. “The game was a lot faster than I thought it would be, especially being out 40 games last year. It took me a while to get the rhythm.” O’Neal was in it all night against the Kings, helping Toronto win for just the second time in 13 trips to Arco Arena and the first since March 13, 1997. The Raptors have won back-to-back games on a six-game road trip that was broken up by a three-day holiday break that allowed many of the Toronto players to go home for Christmas before returning to the team Thursday night. O’Neal, who missed 40 games last season after undergoing knee surgery the previous summer, reached the 20-point mark just twice in his first 23 games in Toronto before doing it in three straight now on this road trip. The performance against the Kings was his best of the year as he dominated inside on 15-of-19 shooting in his highest-scoring game since getting 39 for Indiana against
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Comments

  1. houstonandLacfan says:

    Raptors lost big at Portland… 102-89.

  2. philipkaka says:

    joey always has a sick dunk almost every game

  3. wrestja1234 says:

    no wonder he isnt in the dunk contest

  4. McGradyintheHouse says:

    I would like to see Raps beat a contender team for once.

  5. raptor477 says:

    i know eh, the dunk he did was soft

  6. solomon709 says:

    moon shouldve windmail or 360 on the fast break dunk

  7. Copywrite123 says:

    lol yea raps playerd good in this game, but u gotta remember, its only the kings. -_-

  8. Prusodman3 says:

    joey graham is sick

  9. reuccio92 says:

    way to show all the hater JO!!

    some idiot from the toronto star or somethin said that nesterovic is better than o’neal

    wtf???

  10. srslayerz says:

    thanks for posting this! GO RAPTORS!

  11. andysmiles says:

    JOEY! big game from jermaine! raps will take portland tommorow……revenge from the game at the acc

  12. BlackJays says:

    36 points from JO should silence his critics.

  13. husyrs says:

    first. WOHOOO

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