Game 19: Raptors at Hawks

If you told me at the beginning of the season that the Raptors would be 11-7 after the first month of NBA basketball I would have said sign me up!! That's where we find ourselves as The Raptors enter December and travel to Atlanta to take on the sixth place Hawks

• It's the return of DeMarre Carroll to his old stomping grounds. It's not that he left on bad terms and the decision to leave wasn't acrimonious. Expect DC to get a warm reception
• Other than losing Carroll to the Raptors the Hawks didn't make too many off season moves this past summer. Pero Antic returned to Europe after 2 years with the organization and Atlanta picked up Tiago Splitter from the Spurs. Splitter is actually out tonight with a hip injury.
• This should be a good game as both teams are evenly matched. The Raptors will have to do a better job at defending the 3, which was one major weakness that lead to their loss against Phoenix on Sunday.

Tonight's Raptor Track!

Cancer Bats - "Pneumonia Hawk"

The Cancer Bats are a hardcore group from Toronto, ON.  The band was formed by members of another hardcore group At The Mercy Of Inspiration, and have released 5 studio albums since their beginning in 2004. "Pneumonia Hawk" which features George Pettit of fellow Canadian hardcore group Alexisonfire, can be found on their 2006 debut Birthing The Giant.

Raptors 5th in the East 11-7. Hawks 6th in the East 12-8