<div align="center"> @ <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Toronto Raptors</font></font> (10-14) VS <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Phoenix Suns</font></font> (18-6) Venue: U.S Airways Center, Pheonix, AZ Date: Tuesday December 19, 2006 Time: 9:00 PM EST Coverage: NBALP, TSN</div> [DIV=50%] <div align="center"><font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Projected Starters</font></font> Steve Nash - Raja Bell - Boris Diaw - Shawn Marion - Amare Stoudemire <font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Reserves</font></font> Leandro Barbosa - Kurt Thomas - Jalen Rose - Pat Burke <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Coach</font></font> Mike D'Antoni</div> [/DIV] <div align="center"><font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Projected Starters</font></font> TJ Ford - Anthony Parker - Joey Graham - Jorge Garbajosa - Rasho Nesterovic <font size=""3""><font face=""Arial"">Reserves</font></font> Morris Peterson - Andrea Bargnani - Darrick Martin - Fred Jones <font face=""Arial""><font size=""3"">Coach</font></font> Sam Mitchell Analysis: The Raptors are looking for their 4th straight win, while the Suns are looking for a Franchise High 15th win in a row. Someones streak will have to end. The Raptors will have a tough time against this Phoenix team. With a team loaded with young and talented stars, the Suns are among the elite teams in the league. Ford will have to contain their floor leader if they want a chance at winning this game. The bigs will also have to step up against a front court of Diaw, Amare and Marion. X-Factor TJ Ford TJ Ford did a great job against the Warriors on Sunday. He did what he was supposed to, and is getting used to playing without Bosh. Ford pushed the ball up the court on the fast break, made smart decisions and made some nice passes and plays to contribute to the offense. TJ has been matched up against some great PG's lately including Baron Davis and Jason Kidd. However, tonight he will be against the two time, reigning MVP Steve Nash. If the Raptors want to win this, they'll need Ford to continue what has been doing, while containing Kid Canada. Post Predictions Below Sorry guys, no eye-candy. But feel free to post one up. </div>
Sorry guys, 15 minutes til' the game and I noticed that no one posted up a game thread so I rushed into doing one. I appologize if its a bit sloppy.
prediction: raps lose 121- 97. chuck unfazed by our arse kicking, proceeds to kiss bryan colangelo's arse on national tv.
Well one of Colangelo's teams is going to win, so it's hard to not give the guy some credit. That said, I'm not condoning the Swirsk's inevitable borderline-homosexual rant about BC. He takes it too far.
<div class="quote_poster">Iggy Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Sorry guys, 15 minutes til' the game and I noticed that no one posted up a game thread so I rushed into doing one. I appologize if its a bit sloppy.</div> Good job Iggy, we appreciate it. Every second of the game, you hear Chuck and Leo talking about how good Nash is.... OMG, I heard from a friend that Garbo just injured himself.
Yea, he's out for the rest of the game. And TJ Ford's on the bench with a sore calf or something. Bargnani doesn't set proper picks.
Why does Bargnani always use his left foot as his pivot foot? I swear he would be much better off pivoting with his right foot. I'm sure that's the case but he just catches the ball in awkward posistions where he almost always pivots with his left foot.
Yea, I noticed that too. It makes his jab step less convincing and the defender almost never moves out of position.
Deception: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">why was tj on the floor in the fourth with the raps down by 26? i blame mitchell</div> Another good reason why BC needs to fire Mitchell. Wut in the world was he thinking leaving the starting PG in the game down by 26pts in the fourth quarter? Now dude is injured. Mitchell better pray to God that TJ's injury aint too bad afterall..
<div class="quote_poster">boshbosh Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Deception: Mitchell better pray to God that TJ's injury aint too bad afterall..</div> this God person if she exists, probably isn't a raptors fan.
Just a bad game for the Raps.. They never had a chance to begin with. Only good thing was giving PJ Tucker some playing time and he showed people he deserved it. 12 pts and 9 boards in 19 minutes. Good thing too when he was defending, he annoyed the hell out of Amare.
<div class="quote_poster">Drunkballer Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">was Pape Sow dressed?</div> Nope. He was in a suit, sitting with Bosh. Is anyone else impressed with the play of PJ Tucker? Even though he played garbage minutes, he showed that he could grab boards and could score. I liked how he came in an just went at Amare strong and scored. Tucker deserves some playing time. I'd rather have him playing than Joey G.
I think Graham overall has been playing pretty well too lately. It'd be hard to cut his minutes for PJ considering he hasn't done anything wrong. What we really need to do is package a few of our players in a trade in a 2 for 1 scenario. That way we can have less guys who deserve time at the 2-3 spots because we have wayy too many right now. After catching only the 4th quarter of last nights game i have to say we need to limit Bargnani's 3 attempts. A lot of the shots he took from behind the arc were forced. He is taking too many deep shots and we're giving him the ball too often late in the clock when he's not open. 3 or 4 attepts per game should be fine, more if he's hitting the shots. Going 1-7 ... not so great. We should be encouraging him to show his game in more ways than just jacking up 3's.
