Quick Reaction: Clippers 73, Raptors 98 (Crowdsourced)

Amir for MVP? huge game by Amir who dominated on the boards and showed that he dosent need Calderon and Davis to finish near the hoop. Gray yes Gray gave him a few good looks and he converted including a nice jump hook with 1 second left in the shot clock and he got fouled.

HE HIT A 3!!!!!!! He looked as surprised as I did when it went it. He also had a pretty huge block, other than that nothing to special in limited minutes With Gay and Derozan being the super mario brothers.

Wow, playing great as of late and it continued great on the boards, grabbed a few offensive ones and got a few good looks from Lowry on rolls to the basket. Good game by Aaron Gray including a slow motion reverse layup!

Meh, could not hit his shots and once he realized nothing was going in for him he just looked for team mates or simply gave it to Gay or Derozan.

I am still here! Derozan played like a franchise player he is meant to be and why the combo of him and Gay is very promising drove to the basket well and also hit his jumpers, could of been more efficient but overall a good game for Derozan.

Welcome to Toronto! What a great debut for Rudy who came out and played like he is 'the guy' in Toronto and looked genuinely happy to be here. A little to many 3 pointers for my liking but most came from reasonably open looks when Los Angeles went into zone. With Calderon gone the pace really picked up and him and Derozan were throwing up and throwing down many transition alley oops.

he got a point and a rebound in Garbage time.

Very surprised when I saw him enter the game. But he got in there and did not do to much in very limited minutes, he got into foul trouble but managed to slow down griffin a bit when he was in the game.

3 3 3 3 3 3 and a floater was the beneficiary of great ball movement and zone defense by the clippers and knocked down his shots including one from near halfway.

Nothing was dropping and we did not need him to jack up many shots, Rudy can create for him self and Alan did not need to and seemed a bit out of place.

Nothing to special from Ross missed both his 3's but played admirable defence, took a bit to many shots for my liking

As Jack Armstrong consistently said during the game, THIS man is currently our best big on this team. His flashes around and to the rim make him an easy target for assists and every other player on the court with him realizes. Aaron Gray tossed a good pass to him on one/two/multiple occasions – Gray stepped into the hole left by Boss Davis' departure and perhaps shown that he can be Amir's new tag team championship partner.

His minutes along with Anderson's will obviously be cut back with the arrival of Gay. This will obviously limit the kind of numbers he can put up to justify his contract. But if he consistently plays like he did tonight in his newly limited minutes, he certainly won't hurt the team (that help-block was fierce) and he'll likely remain invisible for all the RIGHT reasons.

LOL. You would think that a man that LOOKS as slow and as non-athletic as he does would be a detriment to all the other athletes on the court at the same time. But, unlike Bargnani, the man simply knows how to use his size to contribute the team – and contribute he did. Savvy high-low/low-high passes to his new tag team partner, strong rebounds for second-chance points for his teammates and a good outlet pass to DeRozan which led to another alley-oop to Gay. When the match-up justifies his presence, he clearly can be valuable in controlled minutes.

Just like he said yesterday on a radio interview with Tim and Sid on the Fan 590, with Gay here now, his job is easier. In what way? "Oh, I just have to give him the ball and get out the way".
You might look at his points total and think he was a non-factor, but he played within the flow of the game. He simply didn't need to play any semblance of hero-ball tonight. Indeed, on the offensive end, once it was clear his shots weren't falling or weren't needed, he realized that all he needed to do was drive, be aggressive, distribute the ball and get out the way.

It really did seem like he had some extra pep in his step. His stroke looked smoother and his decision-making when the ball was in his hand showed no signs of hesitation. But it really did seem like some of the drives to the hoop he made were a bit in kamikaze mode. And it looked like he shied away from driving after some non-calls. Keep driving to the hoop, DeMar!

I hate to jump on to the Gay bandwagon and I don't want to be all over this guy's dick just because he had a Cinderella story-book beginning to his new era in Raptorland. Although his time on the court wasn't perfect, it's hard NOT to give this man an A+ when he literally arrived in a new country about a few hours before this game started.

Only played a couple in garbage time and so this grade is irrelevant. But it was fun to watch him juke and jive with his shoulders like he was ready to do some kind of dance move when he had that isolation play.

Upon his return, he seemed to have a bit of an edge to him. His demeanor had a bit of a mean-streak to it. I liked that hard foul on Griffin. I liked some of the hard-fought rebounds he grabbed. His offense wasn't needed, but his defensive presence was and he certainly provided it. He will need to continue to play that way with Davis gone. It wasn't a perfect night but after missing the time he did with the type of injury he had, he certainly didn't look afraid to mix-it-up in the paint. The Big VAL is BACK!

Wasn't much of a facilitator. The question is whether he will eventually NEED to be. If so, we could be in trouble and thus should be in the market for another point guard. But as a scorer in a run-and-gun system with a bunch of athletes that can attract the double team, you can clearly see that he CAN be a valuable contributor.

Still took some ill-advised shots. Wonder if he's a little pissed now that HE WON'T be the small forward to close out games. Brought it on the defensive end and was limited by default on the offensive end – now that Gay is here, this is the way AA should be used going forward. Sorry, Anderson.

Used his natural talents to be effective on defense again. Didn't really notice him on the offensive end but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing; but both of his two made field goals was a beauty albeit with one being in garbage time (#letrossdunk).

Managed play time well in that I didn't really notice any glaring "WTF" rotations. However, it's pretty obvious that his job was made easier in terms of rotations with the departure of Calderon and Davis as well as the arrival of Gay. The big thing to watch going forward is how he manages the minutes among the army of wingers we have.