Three wins in a row!Devin Harris’ questionable decision to let the clock run down so he could take the final shot of the game worked in our favor. When he broke Joey Graham to create 8 feet of shooting space and rose for that jumper a feeling of nausea came over me. At that moment the only thing to be grateful for was that it wasn’t Vince taking the shot because you know he would’ve drained it. Time expired as Harris missed and the prevalent feeling amongst every Raptor fan wasn’t of joy but of relief. The Nets went on a 16-5 run to end the game as the Raptors saw their well-deserved 11 point lead whittled down to one thanks to some very shaky offense late in the fourth. In the end the Raptors’ blistering 56% shooting and Jose Calderon’s intelligent PG play was too much to overcome for the defensively listless Nets. The Raptors weren’t much better, we allowed enough drive ‘n kick scores to make your stomach queasy but when you shoot that high of a percentage, basketball becomes a forgiving game.
Quick quote from Calderon:
“We’ve got to be more aggressive and try to make plays for one another. We need more games like tonight, where we make a good defensive play at the end. We knew we would turn this around.”
I have no idea what “good defensive play” he’s talking about. To my knowledge Harris’ shot was as clean a look as one can possibly ask for. Still though, I’ll take the win and the three game winning streak, something we haven’t seen since 3-0, remember those days?
The Nets started this game hitting their first five threes – four of them by Vince. He had 16 points in the first 6:53 of the game and had the Nets up 25-12. It was a start that reminded you of the Raptors in some games, shooting a high percentage, forcing turnovers and building an early lead only to blow it by halftime as the percentages evened out. Getting down to the Nets early didn’t seem to be much of a problem as neither team was showing any sort of defensive resistance. The high pick ‘n roll which we’ve seen less off under Triano was in full-effect last night and was producing early results for Andrea Bargnani, Anthony Parker and Jose Calderon. Calderon was masterful in his usage of the high screen, after he had forced the switch his recognition of how to play the big that was on him was a sight to behold, his decision making of when to step back for a jumper and when to drive against an eager defense was something you could make instructional videos out of.
Dribble penetration was a problem in the first half as the Nets got good shots off Vince and Harris drive ‘n kick anytime they wanted, Harris continued to attack but Vince eased up. His early threes turned out to be good for us because it made him believe that he could knock down every shot and it kept him on the perimeter all night long (shot chart). As bad as our defense against Harris has been this year there were some good things to point out today. Jay Triano had Parker defending Harris in spots and he did a great job of staying in front of him by conceding the jumper. Harris was reluctant to shoot and tried to get Parker in the air so he could draw the foul but the latter did a fantastic job of avoiding body contact and staying straight in his defense. When Harris had a full head of steam he drove by whoever he wanted to but picking him up early in the possession limited those opportunities for him. On the other end Parker had no issue finding space in semi-transition and elevating over the smaller Harris or the ever-late Carter or Simmons, he had 16 first half points and led the second quarter charge that cut the Nets lead down to 54-50 at halftime.
Bosh wasn’t playing well and seemed totally out of it. He had the ball slip out of his hands twice in the half and on another play it looked like the pass hit him on his thigh and he simply watched the ball roll out of bounds. His waiting game with the ball was getting annoying as it wasn’t fooling Brook Lopez or Josh Boone who were more than happy to give him space for the jumper, Lopez only bit for his fake once the entire game! Bosh hit his fair share of jumpers (shot chart) but wasn’t causing the havoc he usually does by forcing the defense to foul as he drives the paint. He finished with a relatively quiet 18 points and 6 rebounds on 7-13 shooting and went to the FT line only five times. Lot of credit goes to the Nets big men, especially late in the fourth quarter as we’ll talk about later. We also saw an instance of Bobby Simmons, a SF, guarding him effectively by playing him tight on the perimeter. That’s always disappointing.
I though Andrea Bargnani started the game off very well, he hit a couple early jumpers and had a nice power drive which he was unable to finish. He was setting good screens for Calderon and moving to the right positions on the court giving Calderon the option to pass back in case he was sealed off. He was the victim of some terrible calls in the first half including a very cheeky lose ball foul. Jermaine O’Neal replaced him and immediately went to his patented “power fadeaways”. You know what I mean? He’s backing his man down like he’s about to take a sword to his head but then as soon as he enters the paint his body fades and he launches a seemingly high percentage shot that has all kinds of wrong English on it to make it rim out or hit back rim. To his credit he did make a very important “Old O’Neal” move in the fourth quarter when he drove the paint and layed it in, as it turned out we needed every point.
The third quarter started off as every third quarter should – with an 8-0 run. Jose Calderon and Anthony Parker hit two threes (the other one assisting) and Chris Bosh was found by Andrea Bargnani for a jumper. The Nets finally decided to do something other than shoot jumpers and went inside to Brook Lopez who had already shown that he could handle O’Neal or Bargnani in the post. He established good position for himself on three straight possessions and was picked out nicely by the guard for solid post-scores. Impressive display, he’s going to be great. Andrea Bargnani picked up his fourth foul and I was shocked to see Triano basically take him out for the entire game, reminded me of Sam Mitchell. In Triano’s defense, the Raptors were shooting a ridiculously high percentage by playing small ball, basically matching Lopez with a big and having Graham, Moon/Kapono, Parker and Calderon out there for offensive purposes. With the offense clicking so well there wasn’t much reason to change things. Granted, if we would’ve lost there would’ve been a lot of questions raised as to why Bargnani wasn’t brought in to circumvent the failing fourth quarter offense.
We won the third quarter 34-23 as Calderon’s chipped in with an efficient 10 points, Joey Graham drew some fouls to get to the FT line, Moon hit his uh-oh jumpers and even Kapono made a three. Quick observation about Jason Kapono. We often complain that the guy passes up a clean look by pump-faking, stepping in and traveling in the process. I don’t mind the pump-faking part, it’s the stepping in which is unnecessary and throws everything off, he just needs to immediately get rid of the ball if the shot isn’t dead obvious to him. He had a bad turnover in the fourth quarter and got lit up on the drives but I really didn’t see anything terrible in his game today so I don’t know why the chat folk were angry with him. Maybe it’s just habit? Anyway, seven point lead heading into the fourth was nice but you knew the Nets had a run in them.
Before the season started I was of the firm belief that if Joey Graham was to make anything out of his NBA career it wasn’t going to be in Toronto. He was locked in Sam Mitchell’s doghouse and the keys were lost. Many fans pointed out his misuse and debated on his behalf in training camp for the last two years when the SF position was up for grabs, but it always clear that Mitchell had a special place for Moon in his heart which translated into a very long leash for Moon and practically nothing for Graham. It seemed that Graham would only get in the game if Moon did something asinine. Under Triano, Joey’s shown us two things that makes me want to keep him on this team in the future. First, he’s shown great composure in the paint when he’s applying finishes and secondly, his mindset is that off a true slasher. The jumper is his second option and he’s willing to move without the ball as long as there’s a chance that he’ll receive it. He’ll still have his stinker games but to me he’s shown enough to be ahead of Moon in the depth chart. He also feels that we’re back in the playoff run:
“This is a momentum booster and a confidence booster. We were looking for stretches of games like this during our stretch of loses. We needed these games to get us back on track, to get us back in the playoff run.”
The Raptors started the fourth quarter with the lineup of O’Neal, Kapono, Calderon, Moon and Graham. This crew maintained the seven point advantage by playing the Nets even for the first 5:36 of the quarter. In the +/- department this counts as a 0 but in reality they withstood a determined Nets rally led by Harris and Lopez. Calderon went cold to start the fourth and it was Joey Graham’s 8 fourth quarter points and O’Neal’s two crucial scores that kept us afloat in the first half of the frame when the Nets were making their jumpers setup by dribble penetration. We managed to extend the lead to 102-90 with 4:47 left when the inevitable choke job happened.
Chris Bosh, Jason Kapono and Jamario Moon took questionable shots which led to Harris and Carter driving the paint and kicking out for open looks – a Dooling three sandwiched between two Simmons threes. The lead was slashed to three on Simmons’ second but Chris Bosh drew a foul and nailed both FTs. Parker then went a classic 1-2 from the line and gave the Raptors a 6 point lead with 1:59 left. Calderon couldn’t get the offense to produce anything as the Nets were showing intent in fighting through the high screen. He forced settled for two jumpers, the first miss leading to a Vince three. With the Raptors nursing a one point lead with 1:05 left, they went to Bosh against Lopez who drove the ball but tried the tougher reverse instead of going straight up – the shot was blocked with a hint of a foul. On the ensuing possession Devin Harris broke down Calderon at the top of the key with mild help from a screen and went in for the score. Calderon had another chance to ice it but missed the jumper and that setup the final play already described in the first paragraph of this discourse. Did we choke down the stretch? Yes, but when you’re 10 games under .500 you’ll take anything.
One-Liners:
- Nets announcers were brutal. They were the biggest homers and questioned ever foul call. They couldn’t get Roko’s name right and made fun of Ukeeec about four times. Ukic’s old haircut was deemed as being something of a “Croatian Afro” by the Nets announcers. SirCarlEnglish in the chat quickly patented the word AfCro.
- Calderon went 1-5 in the fourth quarter and would’ve been the goat along with Bosh if Harris’ jumper had fallen.
- Calderon’s assist distribution: Parker: 7. Kapono, Bosh, Moon, O’Neal: 1 each.
- Will Solomon did not play and Roko Ukic only played three minutes with a line full of zeroes. Anthony Parker is your official backup PG. I still say we trade him.
- Chris Botch was the nickname given when he bumbled those first half passes.
- We are 2-2 this year when Joey Crawford is officiating so as evil, inconsiderate and conceited as he appears to be, he doesn’t have much bearing on the Raptors winning or losing. Although, some of those calls on Bargnani were terrible.
- Some stats: The Nets shot 15-32 from threes, the Raptors were 11-22. 25 of the Raptors’ 39 field goals came off assists. The Raptors split the season series with the Nets, both teams losing the home games and winning on the road.
- Harris’ decision to let the clock run all the way down before firing was poor. That’s something you only do when you’re tied, he should’ve shot it a few seconds earlier allowing for offensive rebounding opportunities.
- The announced crowd was 10,138. Riiiight.
- Our man Matt Devlin yelled out Overtime! as Harris missed. Forward to 6:03 mark of this clip.
- Best Lineup: Graham, Kapono, Parker, Bosh and Moon going +4 to end the third. Worst Lineup: Parker, Bargnani, Bosh, Moon and Calderon going -12 to start the game, mostly due to Nets’ hot shooting.
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65 Raps
I would assume a good defensive play in the definition is the equivalent to Golden States term for a good offensive play, if it goes in it’s good, nothing else matters.
I guess that was a bit of a cheap shot, but hey Raps won so it’s all good.
chris botch…..i break out in spontaneous laughter every time i say it.i dont know what the fuck it is,but it makes me laugh.butterfingers was 1/6 in the clutch and got bailed out on a clean block for free throws which was restitution for lopez getting his wrist on the weak reverse.
great win.great writeup.
LOL My g/f has been calling Chris “Botch” all season long!
lol…that shit kills me….chris botch….good stuff,shes a keeper.
Bosh’s biggest problem is not going to his power game and bang his way inside (remember that big dunk against Atlanta?) He should be docked pay if he doesnt accomplish that atleast once a game.
Great post-game analysis tonight!! I didn’t watch the game but you captured everything worthwhile and noteworthy!
Graham’s line was impressive. But he got scorched by Harris in the final play. I think he’s a perfect 6th man, but isn’t good enough or consistent enough to be a starter on a contending team.
Also great to see Triano play AP as our back-up PG. He’s too valuable a player to trade. I truly hope BC he re-signs with us because he’s the kind of player every contending team needs. I think he would be a great bench player getting 20-25min of burn rotating between SG and PG. You’re willingness to trade him to a contending team for a 20-30 draft pick would be regretful. He’s a champ.
So up next are the Bucks on Friday!! :D We’ll have RFF in full effect!! (BOH!!)
realistically, what are the raps going to accomplish this year, with or without AP? if they can move him for pieces/picks now, or as part of a bigger deal to get back a legit starting 2 or 3 (doubtful), then that has to be explored, doesn’t it? he’s an UFA this summer, and i’m guessing that if he really wanted to come back, and BC really wanted him, then they could probably re-sign him then. let him be a rental coming off the bench for a playoff team, then try to get him back in the summer. i’m not arguing that he’s not a valuable player, but a little perspective is in order, no?
If Parker can get us two first round draft picks, i’d trade for them..but then, you know who is drafting….
Last 5 minutes of games = Raptors kryptonite.
I had to leave the room when the Nets cut it to 3…I was sure we were going to give it away.
So lucky vc didn’t have the ball during crunch time or my prediction would have come true. I’ll take it though.
How is it possible that with all of our wing players in double figures, we didn’t run away with this one? I didn’t see the game, so perhaps you could shed some light, Arsenalist.
Quite simple, it’s not like we slowed down their wings. Consider this stat, the combined point total of our wings that scored in double figures was 73, that is the sum of Calderon, Moon, Parker, Graham and Kapono’s scoring.
For NJ, Harris, Carter, Simmons and Dooling combined for 85.
Nobody played defense in this game.
I don’t think it was dribble penetration so much as a continued inability to defend the high pick and roll that gave NJ so many points, at least in the 2nd half. Lopez would set a screen for Harris and roll quickly to the basket. The big covering Lopez would show on Harris and then desperately move back to try to cover Lopez or stay on Harris. One of 2 things then happened: Harris found a shooter in the corner or, when the Raptors big moved back to cover Lopez he was too late and Lopez was either open for an oop (2-3 times) or had his man pinned under the basket for an easy post move. Harris is a bitch to handle but I’m thinking there has to be a way of rotating better so that there’s more help in the paint and the kick out option for NJ’s ballhandler isn’t the corner but the guy back near the top of the circle since it’s easier to contest that guy’s shot on a run out than the corner guy once his man collapses.
And since Bosh got fouled on his drive to try to put the Raps up by 3 on their 2nd to last possession, Harris’s miss was karma. Frankly, Joey played decent defence on that play since taking away the step back jumper makes it more likely Harris goes to the rim for a layup or dish. Until the Raps get a better perimeter defender or 2 that’s how they have to play guys like Harris and Rose.
They can beat Milwaukee without bringing their best and then we get 4 games to see whether this team has actually turned a corner.
See, I thought about saying its pick ‘n roll defense but instead went with dribble-penetration, here’s why:
I can’t remember a single play where the Nets actually used the high screen to take advantage of any hedging. In other words, the screener rarely got the ball back in a position of disadvantage for the Raptors. You’re right, it was basically Harris or Vince sorta using a high screen to confuse the defender about which way they were going to go and Parker/Jose/Kapono being unable to cope because of whatever reason – playing too tight, not going under the screen or just not enough lateral quicks.
I can’t even blame rotations for those threes because they’re impossible to make. You can’t cover that much ground on defense after you let a guard get to the center of the paint. It’s impossible. As you already said, until we get a defender we just have to go under and take our chances with the jumper.
I agree that with Harris or VC getting into the lane or Lopez establishing good position it’s tough but what I’m saying is that if a rotation is tight enough you leave a guy open near the top of the key rather than the corner so that one of the guys in the paint has a (slightly) better chance of making a desperation dash to contest that three pointer rather than the corner three. If you have a choice of who you leave open when you’ve got to give help on the penetration/low post option there’s a better chance of recovering towards the shooter up top than the shooter in the corner. And the corner three is a bit easier for a lot of players since it’s a shorter shot.
My quibble with talking about dribble penetration is that the Raptors, as currently constructed, are going to allow speedy guys to get into the paint. What they do once that happens is the question for this season. I thought they could have done a better job last night. Even if they managed to force a slightly harder shot half of the time Harris/VC burned them the game might not have required a bit of luck to win. Having said that, the amount of coordination among all 5 defenders to cut off the paint and the corner 3 makes things difficult. But if the Raptors want to win games they have to do the difficult things.
arsenelist: ‘I can’t even blame rotations for those threes because they’re impossible to make. You can’t cover that much ground on defense after you let a guard get to the center of the paint. It’s impossible. As you already said, until we get a defender we just have to go under and take our chances with the jumper.’
gotta disagree (respectfully, of course), at least to a degree. on a whole slew of the nets’ 3’s, especially from the corner, it was kapono who got caught cheating into the paint to ‘help’ (ask yourself: what, exactly, is jason fucking kapono going to ‘help’ with in the low-post? exactly) when help wasn’t even needed – often, the penetrator was being contained, at least somewhat…very rarely were the nets’ guards blowing by for uncontested looks, which would actually necessitate real help. how many times did you see kapono over-’helping’ on drives where the end result was his man getting a wide open 3? i counted 4 or 5 at least.
my favourite move is the now-famous ‘oh crap, that’s my man about to shoot an uncontested 3, i’m stuck 12 feet out of position, must be time for me to run fruitlessly out to ‘contest’ the shot by sailing by the shooter, which does nothing to actually alter the shot, but does, conveniently enough, not only take me completely out of rebounding position, while also not allowing me to box out the shooter at all. fait accompli.’
OK, I hate Kapono and will not defend him BUT I have to believe that he’s sagging off his man and helping the paint because he’s instructed to do so. It’s every simple to stick to your man and not provide help but Triano’s strategy has been to clog the paint and force jumpers and I’m going to give Kapono the benefit of the doubt.
I’ve criticized the shit out of the players for doing exactly what you described but its happening so frequently that it has to be strategy and not just plain stupidity. If you play ball you know, if you have to stick to your man on the perimeter, you can stick to your man on the perimeter.
I agree it’s probably coaching. Which is why I ask, why don’t they try having the big stay in the paint and have an additional perimeter defender leave his man to help on the penetration? The way I remember last night’s game, NJ had 4 guys on the perimeter fairly evenly spaced. Couldn’t the Raptor closest to Harris/VC drop down to try to contain off the pick and roll, rather than one of the defenders from the corners? Maybe I’m missing something but how is it more damaging for the guy with the ball to kick out back to near the top of the key?
can’t disagree, it happens so frequently, it’s obviously the gameplan. of course, i’m sure jay et al are telling moon NOT to bite on the pump fakes, and yet…
my counter would be that it’s all well & good to have a game-plan & stick with it, but in all honesty, what benefit is it to have JK leave his man wide-open to ‘help’ clog the paint, when he can’t provide anything other than a body that gets in the way? it’s one thing if it’s moon, or joey, or anyone with a slight bit of athleticism or strength, i get the rationale for them helping in the post, since they can either defend or rebound. JK does neither, so him ‘helping’ merely creates an open look on the perimeter.
Play worth noticing in the game.
Moon Pump Fakes from 3-point line.. and DRIVES i repeat DRIVES To the bucket….it’s a miracle.
I didn’t see the game, but I don’t believe you. JEMARIO Moon? You sure it wasn’t someone else with a big toothy grin?
i couldn’t believe it at first.. but he did man LOL
Although, i think he missed the layup Lol. but really all he has to do is get a player to bite on his pump fake..
then drive and dish to the open man. we’ve been so much better
RESign A.P to play BAck 1,2 next year!
I don’t think there’s a player in the league that will bite on Jamario’s pump fake. He’s become a better in-rhythm shooter but when he has the ball at standstill he’s a terrible shooter.
i didn’t think so either, but we saw it…someone bit on a moon pump.
alas, he did pansy out at the end and try some cute little scoop/layup, but whatever.
it was so weird seeing jamario bust out that move.
fruitcake then proceeded to lay it up limpwristed.
Flying J
The bigs didn’t have good games.
Im interested to see how Bargs 2.0 responds to a “bad game.” If he comes back with 20 and 7, I will fully believe he has turned a corner.
Not having Bargs in the game hurt our team defence…when did you think you’d hear that?
Wins a win on the road…I’ll take it…and Joey did his job on the last play; DON’T let Devin into the lane to draw a foul or make a clean run at the basket…I take the jumper from Harris all day and twice on Sunday’s.
The karma is starting to turn. Raps lost a bunch of games they should have won, and last night they won one they probably should have lost. No matter..it evens out in the end. Charlotte and Milwaukee, rivals for the 8th spot lose key starters, Chicago is faltering – looks like Indiana, NY and NJ are going to be ones to watch on the scoreboards.
no mention of how Triano took a Christ on the Cross pose about 5 times in this game? You’d catch glimpses of him, arms outstretched, posing like Reggie Miller in his hey day. Quite funny.
Jose CHOKES in the clutch… HAARD!!
Lucky, simply L U C K Y… Harris missed that shot. Based on the meltdown in the 4th, I have no idea how anyone takes anything positive out of this game.
Raptoronto… Joey did his job?? Getting worked like that is doing your job? I mean sure… he didn’t drive, but c’mon. Not to mention, had he drove.. he would have iced the game on the line.
I still can’t believe Devin missed… should have passed to Carter.
it’s all about the result, isn’t it? i mean, those ‘bad’ shots that moon takes aren’t so bad when they go in. having graham on harris isn’t really a fair matchup at all, joey did about as well as joey could do. harris is gonna remember that bunny miss for a loooong time…that’s a layup for NBAers.
exactly. The Raptors play not too loose.
They do not play to win
Umm… I just don’t like the idea for false confidence being built.
I agree with ya, Moon making jumpers may discourage him from driving. But letting shooters shoot? I don’t think these guys can defend the paint or the perimeter well enough, and they end up doing both/either.. halfassed.
Not sure with these guys on the team, the defensive problems can be solved. Running on luck will not play out well, either.
The problem I have with last night (regardless of result and cause of) is the patented 4th quarter 6 minutes and under meltdown. It makes me ill. I said it would happen and it did, not that it was that hard to see it coming.
You’re completely right. This win means nothing more than adding a digit to the win column. I guess fans should be mildly encouraged that some players stepped it up for a few quarters when Bosh and Bargs were having subpar games. JO was OK so here’s hoping Riley saw more of what he liked. Maybe it’s a catalyst to improve their pick and roll defence but how many examples does this team need? Even if all those things are true, they mean little in the grand scheme of things. I don’t think anyone has a strong opinion about this game
The stretch of games starting Sunday will tell everyone what’s up with this team.
In all of Kapono’s starts how many games did the raps win. This team either needs Kapono or Parker in the line-up. This main difference between the two is that Parker can get his shot off whenever he needs too, unlike no-hops Kapono who pump fakes ever other time he gets the ball. He can’t stretch the defense because all the other players on defense just wait for him to shoot instead of covering the drive. Shawn Marion would be as big as a bust as Jermaine O’Neal on this team, and I don;t feel like watching his ugly shot for the rest of the year.
…if we could perform a labotomy on two players and switch their brains who would you choose and why?
I’d take Jamario and Kapono…Kapspac-oh-no likes to pump fake and drive while Moon chucks three’s at will (so backwards). Kap is a smart decent stay at home defender but too damn slow to keep up; Jamario would be a stud defender with JK’s principles.
…any brain surgeons at the RR?
Flux – the point is that Joey DIDNT give Harris a lane to drive to create contact to ice the game at the line…he may have looked floppy-eared doing it but he forced Devin to make a jumper (not his strongest offensive weapon).
Nicely put.
I was also going to ask if you’d prefer a harris layup or 15 foot fade away jump shot.. yet alas, I have been beat to the punch already…
I would prefer either contested well..not a wide open jumper, like the guys out there by himself. Had he drove and got fouled… at least he was sent to the line to earn it. And of course there’s the chance there was a no call.
I wonder if you guys would be arguing the same thing, had Devin stuck the jumper.
I’d switch Jamario’s brain with Kobe’s, and Kapono’s with Lebron’s, and I don’t think there is a need to explain why. LOL
And while we are at it I’d switch Joey’s with Jordan’s, agin no need to explain why. LOL
“Parker then went a classic 1-2 from the line” – We all saw that coming didn’t we? As SOON as Parker got fouled in the fourth me and my friend shouted instantly “He’s gonna MISS ONE!!!”
Realistically, does anyone here think the team will make the conference finals under Colangelo and with this ownership, let alone the finals? BC has gone past the second round only ONCE in 15 years. The other 12 years have been 1st round , and 2 years not playoff bound.
And did we not have Delfino and TJ last season? and depth? Well, we got our gas kicked during season and in the playoffs. So how will Delfino, Jawai and Messina help us next season? LOL
Ask Jerry Krause to come out of retirement, then we can talk championship
In one word… NO. Nothing will happen under Colangelo. Make trades to inject hope, raise revenues, blame coaching, beg for more time, blame injuries, make new trades. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. Bada – bum, bada – bing.. laughing all the way to the bank.. CHA CHING.
And this team is being dragged down by there own mental weakness; each and every player. Bosh cannot be relied on in the clutch and teammates follow his lead.
One man can help. Reggie Miller. Come and play the last four minutes of any close game.
In defense of Devlin yelling OT…..if you watched the game on TSN2, you would of thought a 4-year old was running the bug. The score was wrong so many times and took a few lengths of the court to change it.
Joey Graham made a layup and they gave him a 3. I know the Raps need all the help they can get but come on.
I am sure MD had this nasty, slow bug on his screen to.
Agreed. I remember one time they added 3 for a regular jumper or a layup, and they left it there. I figured they were making up for adding 1 for a dunk or something. Aren’t dunks worth 1 point?? Terrible.
i commented on the same thing in the previous post. it was really haphazard, they were slow to add points.
when it was 98-90, joey drove & got fouled, made 1 of 2 from the line, but the score remained at 98-90. next possession, same score, joey cuts, gets the feed from AP, scores & draws the foul. on the made FG, they changed the score to 101-90…basically, they corrected the missed FT tally then; when joey hit the subsequent FT to make it 102-90, it was a bit confusing. i had to rewind it to be sure. it was like that all game.
If you listen do Devlin as Harris takes the ball up the floor for the final shot Devlins says, “Raptors up one.” So he knew the score.
his play calling does not enhance the game…unless you feel slurring your words,fake laughs,corny camaraderie,being woefully behind plays and blundering key moments in the game your thing.
Oh well…
“Desmond Mason left the game with a hyperextended knee, MRI results pending, but it didn’t look good.”
out for the season. was he on the radar?
Botch is perfect. And you’ll never get more for him than right now. There, I speculated. As opposed to all these other lame deals I been reading here.
I would not give away any up and coming star for Bosh. If I am a GM. He’s not worth a Joe Johnson, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Danny Granger, etc
Any yahoo can put 20 points a game and pad there stats..Eg David Lee, Maggette, Iverson. But they do NOT make there team better. They do not play defense or rebound. With Bosh as out leader, we have “one” winning season to show for it and that’s because the rest of the East was in a coma.
Getting shut down by Mikki Moore is inexcusable
unfortunately hes been marketed and promoted as a star and will use that as leverage towards a max contract.
Hope Colangelo is keeping an eye on the Wizards. If this series of potential trades goes down, there’s a new power in the East. There SG upgrade is particularly intriguing. Check it out: http://www.wizznutzz.com/?gcid=C12289×022>kw=NBA:+WizzNutzz
those. are. awesome.
If the Wiz get the lion, BC better be scouting Asia for a tiger.
Bosh needs to surf youtube for videos of his rookie/sophomore season.