-toronto leading 52-49 at the half, courtesy of a fred jones three pointer Keys to the second half: when rasho wasn't on the floor with foul trouble, the blazer bigs killed us, particularly magolire. so hope rasho stays in the game.
This last quarter was killing me. Jorge is continually getting beat by a much quicker Travis Outlaw. Fred Jones is playing a solo game, shooting horribly, and ignoring the post players. Joey Graham is in foul trouble. Who's left and solves all those problems? Morris Peterson! Why isn't he in the game? Also, why didn't we take a time-out during that ridiculous Blazers run at the end of the quarter?
Did they just win? I'm watching the Yahoo updates, because my TV was screwing around. It showed Rasho with the foul and then we just won. Anyone willing to elaborate a little on the last few minutes?
<div class="quote_poster">a13x Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">raps win !!!</div> correction: we beat them twice. fyi-bargnani with the game winner
<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Did they just win? I'm watching the Yahoo updates, because my TV was screwing around. It showed Rasho with the foul and then we just won. Anyone willing to elaborate a little on the last few minutes?</div> I'm with u on the yahoo updates. No raps tv for me right now. Just by watching the last 2 minutes of the play-by-play you could tell that Mitchell screwed up the play calling.
<div class="quote_poster">deception Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">correction: we beat them twice. fyi-bargnani with the game winner</div> When they went frame by frame you can clearly see the ball still touching Garbos hand when the backboard light came on. Great game by TJ.
I just heard your 1st in the Atlantic, I can't believe how bad the East sucks. You can almost go from top 4 seed to top 5 lotto pick after losing 2 games. But anyways, congrats on the heroics you've had lately. First the Ford shot, now Bargnani today, keep it up. BTW--Humphries been playing lately?
i love bargnani's bravado, smitch revealed in his post game comments that bargnani said to him after he hit the game winner, "i've been sitting for 20 minutes and i still hit that shot" to which smitch replies, "thats why your the number one pick.
WOW!! What a great game. So exciting to watch! Has anyone else noticed the kind of D that we've been playing lately...I mean we're actually getting stops when we need them...and we're securing rebounds as well. I think the overtime period really speaks volumes about TJ's character as a player. He was doing all the scoring in the extra frame...and on the final play of the game he passed instead of forcing up a shot. He made the right descision as a point guard...he's exactly what we need, and I am 100% convinced that aquiring him for Charlie was a good move. Another real character moment of this game is when the team was able to collect themselfs and get focused and play well after having a game winner called back. Speaks major volume about our character as a team By the way, that was a good call by the refs. I paused my PVR and I could clearly see the ball was still in Garbo's hands when the light went on. Good call by the refs...and who cares? We still won!
<div class="quote_poster">Premium Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">WOW!! What a great game. So exciting to watch! Has anyone else noticed the kind of D that we've been playing lately...I mean we're actually getting stops when we need them...and we're securing rebounds as well. I think the overtime period really speaks volumes about TJ's character as a player. He was doing all the scoring in the extra frame...and on the final play of the game he passed instead of forcing up a shot. He made the right descision as a point guard...he's exactly what we need, and I am 100% convinced that aquiring him for Charlie was a good move. Another real character moment of this game is when the team was able to collect themselfs and get focused and play well after having a game winner called back. Speaks major volume about our character as a team By the way, that was a good call by the refs. I paused my PVR and I could clearly see the ball was still in Garbo's hands when the light went on. Good call by the refs...and who cares? We still won!</div> yeah there has been an appreciable upgrade in our D- i believe i pointed that out when golden state was in town. and yeah tj was amazing, in fact, he's been amazing since that atlanta game where he took over in the fourth. his play of late makes his contract extension almost seem like a bargain now. here's my beef with the disputed game winner concerning garbo- the officials took about 30 seconds to determine it, i think they should have looked at it for at least 2 minutes. although, they might have access to some technology that we don't. also, jamaal mentioned in his post game comments that the game clock and lights are not always in sync. btw, mo pete looked peeved off for the second straight game.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Deception: his play of late makes his contract extension almost seem like a bargain now</div> Kudos to Colangelo for locking him up at the beginning of the season, before TJ pulls a Mike James on us. Another brilliant move by a brilliant GM. Watching TJ just in his second full year...wow, he's really starting to take charge, i like his swag. Give Smitchell a bit of credit, starting to get through to dem boys now, still makes few mistakes every now and then, but he's starting to understand his players better now. won 5 of the last 6..impressive... I believe i said it earlier in the season, THIS TEAM GOT TALENTS.... its starting to show now.
rofl Raptors are in the playoffs !!! P.S. maybe ford might have his flaws and may turn the ball over, but i always believed he would be a real big help to TO
<div class="quote_poster">boshbosh Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Kudos to Colangelo for locking him up at the beginning of the season, before TJ pulls a Mike James on us. Another brilliant move by a brilliant GM. Watching TJ just in his second full year...wow, he's really starting to take charge, i like his swag. Give Smitchell a bit of credit, starting to get through to dem boys now, still makes few mistakes every now and then, but he's starting to understand his players better now. won 5 of the last 6..impressive... I believe i said it earlier in the season, THIS TEAM GOT TALENTS.... its starting to show now.</div> Just mentioning to you that the Raps did not want to resign Mike James, and TJ Ford would be a restricted Free agent if anything if he decides to leave after this season without an extention. Which means Raptors could match any offer that any team offers if they gave him a qualifying offer to begin the offseason.
Nice pass from TJ to wide-open Bargnani, who hit the marvolous game-winner. It sure was an exciting game to watch ! I still like the Raptors, but they're not the same without Bosh. Bosh is the biggest part of their puzzle, as ya'll know. I even don't know why I'm telling this bullsh*t. xD
