<div align="center">- <font color=""RoyalBlue"">Teams: Raptors(13-26) Vs. Seattle(15-23) TV: Toronto (RSN), Seattle (FSN) Radio: Toronto (Fan 590), Seattle (KING-FM) Date: Friday, January 20th 2006 Tipoff Time: 10:40 EST Venue: Key Arena</font> ------------------------------------------- <font face=""Comic Sans MS"">Team Comparison: Team/ Record/ Standings/ PF/ PA/ Road/Home/ Streak/ L10/ Toronto/ 13-26/ 13th East/ 98.6/ 101.9/Road 7-13/Lost 2/ 6-4/ Seattle/ 15-23/ 13th West/ 100.5/ 105.4/ Home 9-10/ Lost 3/ 2-8/ </font> ------------------------------- Projected Starters: <font color=""Purple"">The Raptors: <font size=""1"">-Jose Calderon-Morris Peterson-Joey Graham-Chris Bosh-Rafael Araujo-</font> 6th Man: <font size=""1"">-Jalen Rose-</font> Head Coach: <font size=""1"">-Sam Mitchell-</font></font> <div align="left"><font size=""1"">Injuries: Alvin Williams (Knee, Surgery)</font></div> ----------------------------------- <font color=""red"">The Sonics: <font size=""1"">-Luke Ridnour-Ray Allen-Rashard Lewis-Vladimir Radmanovic-Johan Petro-</font> 6th Man: <font size=""1"">-Ronald Murray-</font> Head Coach: <font size=""1"">-Bob Hill-</font> </font> <div align="left"><font size=""1"">Injuries: Danny Fortson (Questionable) Rick Brunson (Out 8-12 Weeks)</font></div> -------------------------------- Team Leaders: Points: C. Bosh TOR 22.2/ R. Allen SEA 24.1 Assists: J. Calderon TOR 5.5/ L. Ridnour SEA 6.4 Rebounds: C. Bosh TOR 9.2/ R. Evans SEA 7.6 -------------------------------- <font color=""Red"">Keys To The Game:</font> Good Start: The Raptors have not come out strong in the last two games and you seen what happens they cant get back into games. The Sonics have struggled under Bob Hill put them in a hole early and hopefully they cant come back. Turnovers: The Raptors have to stop giving up the ball the had 18 turnovers in the game against Portland and 15 in the game against Utah they turnovers hurt the Raptors in both games they have to take care of the ball and get a shot every time down the floor. Defence: The Raptors cannot give Ray Allen and the Seattle Sonics open looks they are a great 3 point shooting team the Raptors will have to contest every shot. The players have to stop jumpping at the shooter and just get a hand up when they are jumpping at the shooter that takes the defender out of the play and they get easy points. ------------------------------------------ <font color=""Teal"">Game X-Factor:</font> Bonner has been seeing a lot of time off the bench Mitchell likes to go to Bonner to get back in to games. Bonner has to take good shots and hit some 3 ball and not get into foul trouble <font color=""Purple"">Prediction:</font> Ray Allen returning from suspension I say close game in the first half but then Raptors fall apart in the 2nd half. Raptors lose this one 109-93 </div>
This game maybe close than alot of people think. The first team to "pretend" to play defence will win.
seattle made toronto interior guys look like a bunch of shaq (could it be because white bateer is not playing?) seattle looks like the hopeless Trojans in the trojan war...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting hohoyoyoyo:</div><div class="quote_post">seattle made toronto interior guys look like a bunch of shaq (could it be because white bateer is not playing?)</div> By interior "guys" I hope you meant interior "guy"...... Afterall, Seattle did kill us in points in the paint (62 - 28). I'm happy we got the win and all, but getting killed in the paint like that is hard to ignore. But we did dominate in free throws so I guess it ain't all that bad. Anyways tonight was all Bosh. Maybe he read this article from sonics.com before the game: http://www.nba.com/sonics/news/bosh060118.html
great game. ironically our "execution down the stretch" which has been in question recently was phenomenal. id say its what won the game for us. that and bosh's great performance from the stripe. great win. we're still over .500 since dec 1st - 13-11
so chris playing C now that bonner is in? cuz he was guarding petro, evans and swift! i guess so, eh? Good game by raps one of the more entertaining games of the season, just because it was going back and forth and chris wasn't forcing anything. now we have to give it to chris in LA like hwo LA does with Kobe. That should be our plan.... the only guy that could guard on the lakers might be Odom.... but then again he'd be sorta playing outta position. Good game altogether....bonner did a nice job. im not fond of him, but he did well.
