<div align="center"> vs Toronto Raptors (7-22) vs Indiana Pacers (15-12) TV: Toronto (The Score), Indianapolis (FSN) Venue: Conseco Fieldhosue Date: Friday, December 29th, 2005 TipOff time: 7:10 PM Eastern</div> [DIV=50%] <font size="3">Projected Starters</font> <div align="center"> <font size="1">Mike James-Morris Peterson-Joey Graham-Chris Bosh-Rafael Araujo</font> <font size="3">Key Reserves</font> <font size="1">Charlie Villanueva-Jose Calderon-Matt Bonner-Jalen Rose</font> <font size="3">Coach</font> <font size="1">Sam Mitchell</font></div> <font size="3">Key Injuries</font> None. [/DIV] <font size="3">Projected Starters</font> <div align="center"> <font size="1">Jamal Tinsley-Sarunas Jesikevicius-Stephen Jackson-Jermaine O'Neal-Greg Foster</font> <font size="3">Key Reserves</font> <font size="1">Fred Jones-Danny Granger-Scott Pollard-Anthony Johnson</font> <font size="3">Coach</font> <font size="1">Rick Carlisle</font></div> <font size="3">Key Injuries</font> Jermaine O'Neal (Back Spasms) - Questionable Sarunas Jesikivicius (Sprained Ankle) - Game-time decision <font size="3">Keys To The Game</font> Offence Efficiency - All of Carlisle's teams were known for defensive poweress and stopping teams' best players. Must be efficient from the field. Perimeter Offense - Despite playing without Artest, the Pacers can still put the ball in the bucket. Must play them tough and go hard at them every time. Attack The Interior - With Jermaine banged up, the Pacers don't have the biggest/toughest front court. Bosh and Co. should go hard at them every trip down the court. Run the offence inside out. <font size="3">Prediction</font> The Raps are having a great month on the road. I predict a surprising Raptors win. Raps win, 95-88. <div align="center"> </div>
Great job on the preview I think this is gonna be a close game is O'neal is out the Raptors win this game.
Raptors win Bosh and Charlie and James all with great games Mo-pete stole the ball with 1.4 left to win the game for the Raps.
Raptors win 99-97, we were down 16 or so at one point but came back with some nice plays by james and a last second interception by Mo-Pete that sealed the win. And Solid games by Bosh and CV, both with 20+ and 10 nights.
Charlie V showing people why he was selected over Danny Granger. Great game by CB4 and CV31 with double double's each.
what a game...james and bosh were unstopable down the stretch. great win for the raps dont look now guys...but we're 8-8 this month...after winning only 1 game to start the season. raps look more confident and composed out there. still giving up those crucial offensive rebounds at the end of games, but fortunately it didnt bite us in the ass tonight. if we could go .500 for the rest of the season, we prolly wouldnt make the playoffs...but hopefully it would look good in resigning bosh
It sucks, because the Raptors have had a lot of chances to win some close games this year. They could easily be 15-15 instead of 8-22.
well...at least we're improving, right? but we couldve won that game early against seattle and one of those 3 philly games, but w/e you cant go back, it's good to know that they still believe they can start winning
Mike James and Chris Bosh killed the Pacers with the pick and roll in the 2nd half. The Pacers stopped Bosh from rolling and scoring, but then James would get the basket and Bosh would create something for himself. We played solid D down the stretch despite playing horrific D for most of the game (Pacers Guards had open shots all evening). I think it's safe to say that we're going to win the atlantic quite easily.
The funny thing is that the Raptors are still only 5.5 GB for the 8th playoff spot, despite being terrible at times this season.
haha...well...only another 25 wins to go right till last year right?...side note, why didnt jose play? i only watched the second half
jose didnt play because of the heel injury that was bothering him again. lol i watched the first half and only end of 4th quater. Good game for both teams, pacers came out strong but raps were stronger. =)
Sam was so happy when we won the game, it was great. Indiana was embarassing to themselves, they had like 5 turnovers down the stretch, how sad. Mike James owns the league!!!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post"> Mike James owns the league!!!</div> WHO?
7-7 on the month of December, let's go for a winning record in January! What I loved about the game last night was how we never gave up. We were down something like 15 in the third quarter but we kept firing back. Mike James and Bosh abused the Pacers on the pick-and-roll.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Purple Fever:</div><div class="quote_post">WHO?</div> MIKE JAMES!!!!
