Here we go again everybody.  With Chris Bosh missing his 6th straight game with the ankle injury along with Jose Calderon sitting out with a sore wrist, the Raptors mad a stop at the Toyota Center in Houston for the second meeting of the year with a revamped Rockets squad that was without Trevor Ariza and Kyle Lowry. 

Playing in a back to back on the road and coming off their 3rd lose in a row the Dino's came out flat starting the game 2 of 5 from the floor while the Rockets opened the game 9 for 9 and went up 17-9 early in this one finishing the first quarter with a 37-28 lead.  The second Q was much the same for both teams.  Hedo Turkoglu went down with a right knee injury before half time with only 4 pts and sat out the rest of the game.  The score was 68-47 when the teams went into the locker room at half time.

Things really got out of hand for the Raptors after the break with Aaron Brooks and the newly acquired Kevin Martin pacing the Rockets scoring a game high 28 pts each.  You know the wheels have fallen off when Marcus Banks ends the game as the teams leading scorer with only 15 pts.

Back to Brooks for a minute.  The Rockets young PG has at least on 3pt FG in a league leading 32 straight games.  I thought this was worth mentioning because the Raps have now hit a 3 ball in an NBA TEAM record 919 consecutive game.

Make the final 116-92 Houston.  This now marks the first four game loosing streak for the Raptors in over two months.  That slide ended with a trip to Washington where CB4 almost single handley will his team to a big win. 

The team now has 3 days off and next plays the New York Knicks back home at the ACC Friday night.  Hopefully the time off will refocus the Raps.