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11 Jan 2010

Podcast, Pacers, rebounding, and that guy TJ

By Arsenalist 29 Raps

I’ve lost track of how many times the C**tics have pissed in my cornflakes. They stabbed us a long time ago and now they just twist the knife every time we play them. The part that both hurts and soothes me is the knowledge that they are clearly and without doubt the far [...]

28 Dec 2009

Building confidence, HoopData stuff

By Arsenalist 20 Raps

2-0 for the short week and four straight overall. The opponents weren’t exactly Goliaths but job well done by the Raptors, they got the two things that they could possibly get out of this stretch – momentum and confidence. In a game as psychological as basketball, those are prerequisites and will come in [...]

14 Dec 2009

Podcast: Weekly Review/Preview

By Arsenalist 48 Raps

A quick one today.
Another roller-coaster week, two disappointing losses sandwiched between an expected and an unexpected win. With injuries to Bargnani and Calderon, there was a chance for some reserves to make their mark and Jarrett Jack made the most of the opportunity. Sonny Weems had a nice run against Houston which many [...]

07 Dec 2009

Podcast: Weekly Review/Preview

By Arsenalist 44 Raps

I’m here to tell you that the emotional tides you felt last week are perfectly normal. We were all supposed to be absolutely pissed off about the way we played against Washington and Atlanta, and we’re supposed to be happy by the way we won in Washington and Chicago. On Thursday morning there were [...]

30 Nov 2009

Podcast: Weekly Review/Preview

By Arsenalist 39 Raps

That was a forgettable week in every sense. You could see the Boston and Phoenix defeats coming, but the shellacking in Charlotte wasn’t exactly on the horizon when this segment was written last week. The scoring differential for the week was -14 and we gave up 114.25 points per game. Our defensive rating [...]

23 Nov 2009

Podcast: Weekly Review/Preview

By Arsenalist 23 Raps

Not a good week for the club, we got clobbered in Denver and then put up little resistance against the Jazz with the defense going from bad to worse. We gave up 108.25 points per game and our league-worst defensive rating went further down a couple notches to 116.4. Thankfully Miami came to [...]

16 Nov 2009

Weekly Review/Preview

By Arsenalist 53 Raps

A 2-2 week which could’ve been 3-1 or 4-0 if we had played a lick of D in San Antonio and Turkoglu’s effort had rimmed in. The disappointment in San Antonio was followed by two poor first half showings against the Bulls and Clippers, but the team found a defensive gear and pulled out [...]

09 Nov 2009

Week in Review/Preview: Podcast

By Arsenalist 34 Raps

Check out the preview for tonight’s game. Two weeks into the season we’re 3-3 and nobody should be complaining too much. There have been ups and downs, the ups have mostly come from our highly efficient offense and the downs from our porous looking defense. If you average the two you out [...]