Before facing the Raptors, Hornets coach Steve
Allen Robinson JerseyClifford said he wanted his players to ''have a readiness to start the playoffs.''
They certainly weren't ready to take on Toronto.
DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, Kyle Lowry had 12 of his 21 in the fourth quarter and the Raptors beat Charlotte 96-90 on Tuesday night, handing the Hornets back-to-back losses for the first time in more than two months.
Charlotte trailed by 10
http://www.shopjaguarsnfljersey.com/Andre-Branch-Jerseypoints after one and fell behind by as many as 19 before a furious fourth-quarter rally came up short.
''You can't get off to the start we did,'' Clifford said. ''When you dig yourself that big a hole against a team as good as this, it's just hard.''
Charlotte, which lost at Cleveland on Sunday, had not lost consecutive games since
http://www.shopjaguarsnfljersey.com/Austin-Pasztor-Jerseydefeats at Utah and Portland on Jan. 27 and 29. The Hornets had won 22 of 29 since.
The Hornets also trailed by 10 after the first quarter against the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers.
''The other night against
Stevan Ridley JerseyCleveland and tonight we just started out really flat,'' guard Kemba Walker said. ''We're not the type of team that can do that. We have to play well from the start.''
Walker missed 12 of his 16 field goal attempts and finished with 11 points, eight of them in the final quarter.
''I really put it on myself,'' Walker said of the back-to-back defeats.
http://www.patriotsofficialonlinesshop.com/steve-grogan-jersey_c-384.html''When we're really good, I'm the one that's setting the tempo. I haven't been doing that for my team lately.''
Jonas Valanciunas had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Corey Joseph added 11 points, including two key free throws in the closing seconds, as Toronto won for the third time in four games.
''We found a way,'' Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. ''We made some crucial plays.''
